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Learn to COOK - Wigfield : The Can-Do Town That Just May Not
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List Price: $13.95
Our Price: $9.20
Your Save: $ 4.75 ( 34% )
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Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account
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Binding: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Amazon Remainders Account
Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2004-05-19
Publisher: Amazon Remainders Account
Studio: Amazon Remainders Account
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igfield is a town in danger. Built directly in front of a massive dam, this bucolic hideaway will soon be flooded when the dam is torn down by the state government to restore the salmon run. Wigfield's only hope lies in the self-righteous, self-aggrandizing, self-involved 'journalist' Russell Hokes, who arrives hoping to capture the quiet dignity of the disappearing American Small Town. However, Wigfield is neither quiet nor dignified. And as the date of Wigfield's destruction draws nearer, Hokes casts about like a cork in a typhoon desperate to find something about Wigfield worth documenting-or saving. Told through interviews with its many colorful residents, and accompanied by photos of the authors in character, Wigfield is a razor-sharp satire by three major talents.
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Summary: Wigfield revisited
Comment: Hilarious book, I have purchased 5 copies just so I can give them to friends.
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Summary: Come for the cast/writer's work...
Comment: Stay for a prolonged taste of Colbert's Wilford Brimley impression. (Who wants cake?)
If you like Strangers With Candy...
(though you may want to start with the book version to revel in the writing and get an eyeful of what these characters look like)
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Summary: This could have been a great book if it had been a great book
Comment: This is not a great book because it's not great. Let's face it. Ulysses is great. The works of Shakespeare are great. Lots of other books are great. But this book does not achieve greatness because it's not. That said, it's a good book. There are many good books and this is one of them. Fortunately, the authors found a way to synthesize their talents and render this a good book by managing to achieve what any good book achieves, and that is that it rises to the level of being a good book. So, in summary, my conclusion is that although it's a good book, it's not a great one.
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Summary: It's good
Comment: It's good, but not as funny as I thought it would be. Stephen Colbert's "I am America and so can you" is so much funnier.
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Summary: if you're a fan already - it's a must buy
Comment: Great opportunity to hear the voices of these three talented folk from Stranger With Candy - fun story - definitely get it on audio - I think you get so much more out of it. When I finished listening to it - I actually missed some of the zany characters enough to start it from the beginning all over again. Funny Funny Stuff!
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