Winkie

by Clifford Chase | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0802143105 Global Overview for this book
Registered by EllyMae58 of El Cajon, California USA on 5/22/2007
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Journal Entry 1 by EllyMae58 from El Cajon, California USA on Tuesday, May 22, 2007
In Cliff Chase’s scathingly funny and surprisingly humane debut novel, the zeitgeist assumes the form of a one-foot-tall ursine Everyman — 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, 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 bear’s 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.

Journal Entry 2 by EllyMae58 at San Diego, California USA on Saturday, May 26, 2012
Taking to meetup.

Journal Entry 3 by vraciousrdr at Vista, California USA on Saturday, May 26, 2012
received from EllyMae58 at bc meetup today

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