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Winkie
 

Winkie

by Clifford Chase


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, so he hops... (read more)

Top tags: fiction,  satire,  politics,  bizarre,  debut (all tags)

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Coyotemusic
  • Rated 4 stars

“Go Hug Your Teddy Bear

For the first third of this book, I gave it a 3. By the middle third it was a 4, and by the time I finished it was a 5. Winkie is a memorable and loveable character. The book is filled with creativity. I didn't find it achingly funny as the book jacket suggested, but it most definitely was surprisingly moving.

Part of what I didn't love about the start of this book was that it read like a memoir and I wasn't in the mood for a memoir, however, it...”

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Frances D
  • Rated 2 stars

“VEEERY strange read. A quick read, but very surreal. A good one to just kind of pick at from time to time.”

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  • Rated 3.31746 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
  

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  • eric b

    eric b said:

    “absolutely one of my favorite books of all time. it is so witty and surreal, and that is right up my alley. consider it an adult's version of the velveteen rabbit with socio-political relevance.”

    posted 7 days ago
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