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Book Synopsis"What this town has done, its like pickling people. Taking us when were young and fresh and vulnerable, sticking us in a jar and filling us with all these rules they hope will preserve us from the rotting decay of worldliness. But you cant brine someone in that much guilt and shame their whole lives and expect them not to change. Shrivel into mere husks of their former selves, sour as vinegar. Twenty-seven-year-old Isaac Funk is broke, drifting, and questioning his lonely existence on the East Coast. Having left his conservative hometown of Newfield, Manitoba full of piss and vinegar, Isaacs dreams of studying music and embracing queer culture in Halifax have gradually fizzled out. When his grandfather dies and leaves him a substantial inheritance, Isaac is pulled back to the Prairies for the first time in ten years. Finding his father Abe just as enigmatic and unreachable as always and his extended family more fragmented than ever, Isaac begins to wonder if there will ever be a place for him in Newfield. Is the prodigal son home for good, or is it time to cut and run once more?"
Trade Review"Some writers seem to have an inborn affinity and genuine flare for originality and the kind of narrative driven storytelling style that quickly engages their readers rapt attention and doesnt let go until the very last page is read. All of which is even more impressive when considering that Wonder World is K. R. Byggdins debut as a published author and they prove to be just such a talented novelist. A masterpiece of literary fiction ... Wonder World is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition for community, college, and university library Contemporary Literary Fiction collections." Midwest Book Review
Finalist, Thomas Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award
A masterpiece of literary fiction. Midwest Book Review
