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Welcome to New Auburn, Wisconsin, where the local vigilante is a farmer's wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, the most senior member of the volunteer fire department is a cross-eyed butcher with one kidney and two ex-wives (both of whom work at the only gas station in town), and the back roads are haunted by the ghosts of children and farmers. Against a backdrop of fires and tangled wrecks, bar fights and smelt feeds, Population: 485 is a comic and sometimes heartbreaking true tale leavened with quieter meditations on an overlooked America.
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Michael Foster
reviewed Population: 485 on May 28, 2008 Population
Oh my goodness. I have found my new favorite writer. I wish I had read this book before "Truck", as it prefaces a lot of events in that one, but what do you do.
Michael Perry's ability to put into words the people, situations and feelings he encounters is beautiful. I love the area he's from, and it reminds me of the time I spent in Warroad, Minnesota. My favorite paragraph describes his predicament of being a dyed-in-the-wool hick from a small town, but also having the heart and mind of a writer:
"I am impeded by restraint. I avoid bar brawls. Heck, I avoid bars. I don't bowl. I can't polka. In New Auburn, this last is bigger than you think. The standards against which you are measured are dependent on the milieu. Go to the cafe for meatloaf, or watch the old men roll dice at the inplement store, and listen:
"He's quite a worker."
"That boy can knock the stuffing out of a softball."
"The man can flat run a wrench."
"His checks are good."
"She's a helluva shot."
Not frequently overheard: "He crafts a lovely metaphor."
He also has a great website: www.sneezingcow.com
I am hoping that he's writing up a storm so I can enjoy more and more.
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