Wigfield is a small bucolic hideaway, situated in front of a massive dam which is about to be torn down by the state government to restore the salmon run. Wigfield's only hope lies in the self-righteous, self-involved journalist Russell Hokes, who arrives hoping to capture the quiet dignity of the disappearing American Small Town. However, Wigfield is nether quiet nor dignified. As the date of destruction draws nearer, Hokes casts about desperate to find something about Wigfield worth documenting. WIGFIELD is a razor-sharp ...
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Wigfield is a small bucolic hideaway, situated in front of a massive dam which is about to be torn down by the state government to restore the salmon run. Wigfield's only hope lies in the self-righteous, self-involved journalist Russell Hokes, who arrives hoping to capture the quiet dignity of the disappearing American Small Town. However, Wigfield is nether quiet nor dignified. As the date of destruction draws nearer, Hokes casts about desperate to find something about Wigfield worth documenting. WIGFIELD is a razor-sharp satire by three major talents.
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I recommend this book to anyone who was a fan of "Strangers With Candy". In this book you will find the story of a town that isn't really a town, full of squaters fighting the government for their right to stay put on some land that they claimed to be Wigfield. Once again Amy Sedaris is magically turned into whatever character she is protraying for the camera. And if you live in small town America you will find the characters relatable. After all who doesn't know the teenage punk working at the fastfood joint who's only goal in life is have his heavy metal band make it big some day? Read this book! You won't be sorry that you did.
