What: Francine Prose's comedic novel stars Vera Perl, tabloid reporter extraordinaire. Her comfortable life of making up nonsense for supermarket shelves goes off the rails when a story she invents turns out to be true.
Comparable to: Jenny McPhee also tackles the personal life of a tabloid journalist in her novel The Center of Things.
Opening lines: "In the subway going to work, Vera decides to write about Bigfoot."
Representative quote: "One of This Week's unspoken rules is that its stories should address the common hopes and fears. And what are people scared of if not elevators and sex?"
You might not like it if: You really want a detailed, definitive answer on the whole Bigfoot thing.
How to get it: It's out of print, so buy it used or get it from your library.
Connection to previous Wreckage: The Center of Things, mentioned above, was Rec. #214.
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