Wonder World

Reviews

“Some writers seem to have an inborn affinity and genuine flare for originality and the kind of narrative driven storytelling style that quickly engages their reader’s rapt attention and doesn’t let go until the very last page is read. All of which is even more impressive when considering that “Wonder World” is K. R. Byggdin’s debut as a published author — and they prove to be just such a talented novelist. A masterpiece of literary fiction and readily available for personal reading lists in a digital book format (Kindle, $8.99), “Wonder World” is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition for community, college, and university library Contemporary Literary Fiction collections.” – Midwest Book Review


“Wonder World is an amazing book that made me smile, laugh, cry and everything in between. Isaac Funk is one hell of a narrator! K.R. Byggdin wrote a beautiful book that explores the complex relationship between queer identity and conservative beliefs. This book is the reconciliation that we all need in our lives.” –Hasan Namir, author of God in Pink

“Treat yourself! Read Wonder World and meet Isaac Funk, a wise-cracking, queer anti-hero who returns to his small-town roots to face the family that drove him out of town 10 years earlier. Miriam Toews meets J.D. Salinger in this poignant and sassy coming-of-age novel.” –Jacqueline Dumas, author of The Heart Begins Here

“Like many of my favourite literary works grappling with big human topics like grief and belonging, K.R. Byggdin’s Wonder World is a laugh-riot punctuated with gut-punches. Isaac Funk joins the canon of prodigal queers returning to the hometowns they never imagined they could ever fit in, only here he discovers things he wasn’t previously equipped to see. The queer possibilities this book breathes into the prairies is welcome as a hard rain after a dry season.” –John Elizabeth Stintzi, author of Vanishing Monuments and My Volcano

Remarkable in its use of detail, Wonder World expands the familiar terrain of the ‘angsty Mennonite novel’ in beautiful and compelling ways. –Andrew Unger, founder of The Daily Bonnet and author of Once Removed