Wigger

Description

96 pages
$10.95
ISBN 1-55152-020-6
DDC C813'.54

Publisher

Year

1995

Contributor

Reviewed by Stan Chung

Stan Chung teaches English at the College of New Caledonia in Prince
George, B.C.

Review

Wigger wants to disarm you with its gay sex, dirty needles, and violent
racism, but if you do not care about its characters, then it becomes
mostly like channel-changing: one channel skinheads taking drugs, one
channel losers having sex, one channel motorcycle boots to the face.
Sometimes you are in luck—you get all three at once; but like most
television, it fails to arouse. Wigger is a spare 87-page novel that
would like to be seen as innovative, apocalyptic, and dangerous. If you
threw it really hard it might stun a cockroach or startle a mouse.

Citation

Braithwaite, Lawrence., “Wigger,” Canadian Book Review Annual Online, accessed October 6, 2024, https://cbra.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/1103.