Welcome to Utopia by Valby, Karen - 2010

New York: Spiegel & Grau. Fine. 2010. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Karen Valby was a reporter for Entertainment Weekly when her editor asked her to find a small town in America that hadn't yet been overwhelmed by American pop culture and celebrity worship - perhaps a strange request from a magazine that feeds off it. Valby found a small town in Texas, west of San Antonio, coincidentally and happily named Utopia. There are roughly 250 people in Utopia, but since they don't have any kind of local government, no one knows for sure. There are 7 churches. Valby's article was a hit and she spent large parts of the next 2 years in Utopia researching this book about what happens to a small American town when the outside world finally barges in and brings with it pop culture. Proof protected in a Mylar bag. Ships same or next business day. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 235 pages .