- Winkie (novel)
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Plot
"Winkie" is about a teddy bear of the same name that is accused of terrorism. As the book opens, Winkie is all alone, having lost his child, in the lonely cabin of a now-dead professor. But one night, a swat team visits the cabin, takes him into custody, and arrests him on over nine thousand charges including terrorism, treason, “corrupting the youth of Athens,” teaching evolution, and being a witch.
As the novel progresses, the reader goes through the daily indignities that Winkie suffers such as a corrupt prison system and cruel jailers. On the way Winkie meets friends such as Françoise, a lesbian Muslim cleaning woman and his stuttering lawyer, Charles Unwin.
The book also delves deeply into Winkie's past; his life living with the many generations of the Chase family (including Clifford, the author of the novel) and finally gaining sentience and moving out on his own into the wild.
External links
* [http://www.freewinkie.com/ Free Winkie]
* [http://www.myspace.com/freewinkie Free Winkie on MySpace]
* [http://www.bookslut.com/features/2007_02_010645.php Clifford Chase interview]
* [http://nymag.com/arts/books/reviews/17648/ New York Magazine Book Review]
* [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1210866,00.html Entertainment Weekly Review]
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