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Be sure to keep your seatbelt buckled while enjoying Wilson's kaleidoscopic potpourri. And obey the author's instructions if he asks you to 'Put on your oxygen mask.'"—John Nichols, author of <i>The Milagro Beanfield War</i><br /><br />"With daring wit and clever wordplay, Miles Wilson pulls off a rare achievement: a fast-paced satire that pokes fun at contemporary America. . . . [E]verything and everyone is fair game—big business, academe, and Sasquatch. Packed with rogues and adventurers, <i>McKenzie Rising</i> brilliantly portrays the folly of greed, misdirected ambition, and ultimately the healing power of love."—Ann Weisgarber, author of <i>The Glovemaker</i><br /><br />"There are clear connections between <i>McKenzie Rising</i> and Ed Abbey's <i>Desert Solitaire</i>, Ken Kesey's <i>Sometimes a Great Notion</i>, Hunter S. Thompson's fierce and sometimes addled prose, and the post-modern world of Thomas Pynchon. Wilson provides timely commentary on American institutions in dire need of skewering."—Mark Maynard, author of <i>Grind</i>
Their work is countered by a Dickensian ensemble of characters, many of whom are chronically sidetracked from the heroic community purpose by various amatory diversions. Given that the protesters include such locals as D.B. Cooper (the long-vanished airplane hijacker) and Sasquatch, in all his odoriferous glory, the reader is in for a rollicking but powerfully thought-provoking journey.
A lusty, environmental picaresque, McKenzie Rising satirizes our shortfalls, while celebrating our resilience and the triumph of community. The book offers a corrective to some of the amendable follies we lug with us as we careen into the (post)-Trump, (post)-COVID era.