Like all good stories, this one begins with a bull humping a cow in the middle of the road.
Really, does it matter what the rest of the story is about, given that the above is the opening line??
Actually, it does matter. Something else caught my eye.
If Abel Raises Cain is a little thin at points–we never learn exactly how Abel was able to make a living for so long as a not-for-profit hoaxer, nor where the funding for his more elaborate ruses came from — it’s also an invigorating and often hysterical look at a gifted comic and the nation of dupes he continues to use as his medium.
As it turns out, in Canada, you can make a fairly decent living that way…
