![]() The world is politically hot and the air in Mr Wigg’s orchard is hot. The Vietnam war is raging on and the South African international sports teams are coming under criticism for the apparent racism in not selecting any players of colour. We find ourselves in central NSW, Australia, in the summer of 1971. Winning! So I bought it and despite resting all my hopes on a pretty cover and a signature I could barely read, I wasn’t disappointed. ![]() But this was new on the shelves and the cover of it really caught my eye – plus it was the autographed edition, it actually had the author’s signature on the first page. Originally when I picked up this book, I had gone into the bookshop to buy something else. I don’t think she has a lot of novels published, but if Mr Wigg is anything to go by, any other work by her is bound to be wonderful. Inga Simpson is an Australian author and I will admit right now that I had never heard of her until reading this book. Mr Wigg is a very new addition to the bookstore shelves (only published in July this year in fact). ![]() ![]() Mr Wigg by Inga Simpson fits perfectly into the “nice” category. I mean those books that arelovely to read, with characters that feel like your friends and with a story that makes you appreciate what you have in your life. Every now and then, you read a book that can only be described as nice, and by nice I don’t mean boring. ![]()
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