Wagner, Descending: The Wrath of the Salmon Queen

By Irving Warner

A transporting and brilliant comic novel by an award-winning Mexican playwright, journalist, and poet narrated by an unforgettable woman: Karen Nieto, an autistic savant whose idiosyncrasies prove her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929355173
• ISBN13: 9781929355174
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Pleasure Boat Studio
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

A very funny read, but with a real "attitude".

I really enjoyed "Wagner, Descending: Wrath of the Salmon Queen", but I would caution it is not for all tastes. Wagner is not lovable: A very huge dude, at the opening of this wild ride of a book, he's just escaped from a pricy Fat Farm. For reasons diverse, he needs to escape the geographic confines of North Carolina. His mother (The "Salmon Queen") has commited him to this fat farm, and Wagner wants o-u-t of North Carolina. So, this is a road novel. And during it, you meet the darndest assortment of weirdos, etc., and they are all very, very funny and highly original stuff. Has some "cut" to it, too, about today present society. Negative? Well, if there is one, it is the character himself. Foul-mouthed, unapologetic, not good with people. By page 90, there isn't one political interest group that author Warner has not managed to offend. I loved it!

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas meets A Confederacy of Dunces

Imagine Ignatius J. Reilly, the protagonist in A Confederacy of Dunces, twenty years older, twenty years wiser (and more neurotic), and 150 pounds fatter. Now imagine that Reilly has escaped from a North Carolina lunatic asylum that's masquerading as a fat farm. He is on the loose in a stolen laundry truck, wearing nothing but a hospital gown. His brain is addled by the intensely powerful drugs that have been pumped into him by the asylum's Nazi-like director. Like the characters in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, our hero's on a road trip where reality is mutable and paranoia is a given. This wonderful novel is a fine read and it goes down quickly, easily and pleasurably. My only complaint is that the author deserved better editing; there are some plot inconsistencies and typos that a competent editor would have corrected immediately. Nevertheless, I give the book a strong recommendation.

long live the Queen

Irreverent,an uproarious "who let the dogs out" romp of a tale. Like an updated Ken Kesey ride, replete with colorful scenes and characters.

great quick read

this is an original, interesting story. very witty, i actually laughed out loud on the train while i read it. got a bit ridiculous at the end, but the ridiculous added to the overall humor.