The Wig My Father Wore [Import] [Hardcover]

Anne Enright (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 244 pages
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape (1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0224040553
• ISBN-13: 978-0224040556
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,085,998 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Strange, But Hilarious Irish Story, February 27, 2002

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shoutgrace "savedbyhisgrace" (Charleston, WV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wig My Father Wore (Paperback)

I found this book very surreal and often times strange. It starts out with Stephen the angel showing up on Grace's doorstep. At times I'd get lost going back and forth from Grace's home life and her trying to accustom to Stephen's presence. Throwing herself into her job in TV broadcasting at a weekly program called the LoveQuiz. Her father is going senile with Alzheimer's. Looking at Grace, she's pretty much has a good solid life.

Through most of her cynical views. She realizes she must take hold of her life and all of it's absurd turns. With Stephen's appearance he explains to Grace he (a former bridge builder who committed suicide) came back to earth to guide lost souls. Soon they both establish a household together. Visits to her parents house and the memories and pictures that are hidden from view. Reminds Grace that her father who she always knew wore a wig. From the time of her parents meeting and the later stuff. All the family reminscences. The time they first got an Aerial. The first time they got a TV. The first night viewing in 1969 with a memorable list of Irish TV programs. Do these bring back memories? Such as, Steady As She Go-Goes (on the night they landed on the moon), Apollo 11, The Riordians on Wednesday night.

The ending is subtle and fluid like the milk she trails on the road to her house. Describes it like making love or dying. Nothing really dies. To a woman it make's sense. Just as the sky is blue. Just imagine that unpredictable revelation like falling in love. Through the complex picture of family, religion, sex, love and redemption is a glowing wit and a vibrant flavor like the blue pattern of a TV screen. This book has everything from parents and love to religion and the weird oddities of life. The author probes every angle with precision. And with a penchant for a zoom lens to focus on the fluid and clever situations. I think it was quite an entertaining and a fun read.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wierd but wonderful in places, January 29, 2002

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This review is from: The Wig My Father Wore (Paperback)

The set-up for the plot was excellent and I loved the ending of the book but the middle was a muddle. Still, the author has a very interesting way of looking at the world and capturing it in words.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I have no idea what's going on, February 15, 2009

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Anne McDonald - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wig My Father Wore (Paperback)

This novel makes no sense. Half of it is gibberish. The other half is just not worth reading. Waste of time.