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Book Reviews Title Miss
Wyoming Fiction-Net
Rating Buy It
From Amazon.co.uk - BUY
NOW! Cover
Story Susan and John
need to disappear. Susan and John need to find each
other. Meet Susan
Colgate - Miss Wyoming. Winner of a hundred teen
pageants, child star of 'Meet the Blooms'
(America's favourite family), owner of a hideously
pushy mother…and now reduced to small,
brainless parts in small, brainless movies. Oh, and
sole survivor of flight 802. If she were to walk
away from the wreckage now, before the emergency
crews get here, she could vanish and nobody would
ever know… Meet John Johnson
- action film star (Bel Air P.I…Bel Air
P.I.2), occasional sadomasochistic, junkie. He just
died - but only for five minutes. All the crap he's
done to his body over the years, and it's a flu
that killed him! But while he was gone, he saw a
vision of a woman's face, and realised that it was
time to escape life in the fast lane, to ditch the
baggage of being horny, rich, lonely John Johnson
and to lose himself. To disappear. Wouldn't it be
nice if they were to find themselves and get
together? We
Say Once again,
Coupland proves himself to be sharp, witty and
totally hip. Miss Wyoming is about fame and
identity and what it's like when everyone knows who
you are except for you. Central characters, Susan
Colgate and John Johnson are minor celebs living
sordidly glitzy lives in L.A. until both find their
unexpected and bizarre escape routes. I found myself
more and more surprised as Coupland takes this
flashy setting, digs beneath the surface and finds
the reality and meaning of the characters lives.
Cleverly structured, revelations appear gradually
as the past and present are interwoven throughout.
When these revelations arrive we learn more about
Susan and John as they learn more about themselves.
Consequently, I found myself caring about them and
willing them on in spite of their shortcomings.
Though not as
deep and disturbing as his previous outing
"Girlfriend in a Coma", the story is fascinating
and original. With a great cast of characters from
Susan's trailer trash mother to the smart but geeky
Vanessa and Ryan, Miss Wyoming is engaging and
unique. Let the story unfold in its own good time
and you will be richly rewarded. Review by: Rachel
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