Wigger
Description
96 pages
$10.95
ISBN 1-55152-020-6
DDC C813'.54
$10.95
ISBN 1-55152-020-6
DDC C813'.54
Author
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 luckâyou 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 December 8, 2024, https://cbra.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/1103.