Winkie
of Clifford Chase
Description
In Cliff Chaseâs scathingly funny and surprisingly humane debut novel, the zeitgeist assumes the form of a one-foot-tall ursine Everyman â a mild-mannered teddy bear named Winkie who finds himself on the wrong side of Americaâs war on terror. After suffering decades of neglect from the children who've forgotten him, Winkie summons the courage to take charge of his fate, and so he hops off the shelf, jumps out the window, and takes to the forest. But just as he is discovering the joys and wonders of mobility, Winkie gets trapped in the jaws of a society gone rabid with fear and paranoia. Having come upon the cabin of the mad professor who stole his beloved, Winkie is suddenly surrounded by the FBI, who instantly conclude that he is the evil mastermind behind dozens of terrorist attacks that have been traced to the forest. Terrified and confused, Winkie is brought to trial, where the prosecution attempts to seal the little bearâs fate by interviewing witnesses from the trials of Galileo, Socrates, John Scopes, and Oscar Wilde. Emotionally gripping and intellectually compelling, Winkie exposes the absurdities of our age and explores what it means to be human in an increasingly barbaric world.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256 pages
- Publisher Grove Press
- Publication Date June 10th 2007
- First Publication 11/06/06
- Language English
- ISBN 9780802143105
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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