WINKIE

Chase, Clifford

ISBN 10: 0802118305 / ISBN 13: 9780802118301

Verlag: Grove Press, 2006

Beschreibung

New unread first edition. New hardcover in New dust jacket. DJ price intact. Stated: First Edition, first printing (complete number line). 239 pages, unmarked. ; TR12 C Fic; 8.30 X 5.80 X 1.10 inches; 239 pages.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 38837

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: WINKIE
• Verlag: Grove Press
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0802118305
• ISBN-13: 9780802118301
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: First Edition; First Printing.
• Zustand: New
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: New

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Inhaltsangabe

<div>In Cliff Chase's scathingly funny and surprisingly humane debut novel, the zeitgeist assumes the form of a one-foot-tall ursine Everyman &#151; a mild-mannered teddy bear named Winkie who finds himself on the wrong side of America's 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, 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 bear's fate by interviewing witnesses from the trials of Galileo, Socrates, John Scopes, and Oscar Wilde.<br><br>Emotionally gripping and intellectually compelling, <i>Winkie</i> exposes the absurdities of our age and explores what it means to be human in an increasingly barbaric world.<br></div>

Reseña del editor

Winkie, a mild-mannered toy teddy bear, suddenly comes to life, only to find himself on the wrong side of America's war on terror, after being mistaken for a criminal mastermind behind dozens of terrorist attacks, in a debut novel that explores what it means to be human in an ever more barbaric world.