![]() ![]() Not all of this information is true sometimes, the information that is sent out is only a smoke screen to bide some time. Whenever something happens, there are channels and channels of people trying to send out information. I was only three when the Actor was shot, so I can't really give any firsthand accounts of what an attack on a president does to a nation, but I have seen how all the recent debacles from Clinton to Obama have been played out in the media. has been assassinated, the way Roth handles the political communications is priceless. If you are not on the ground laughing, check your pulse. I hate writing spoilers, so don't take my word for it and go and read this chapter in the book. tries to rationalize why the Guardsmen had a duty and right to defend themselves. Three scouts are killed in the process and Trick E. In one episode, the National Guard battles the Boy Scouts of America. Political commentary aside, this novel was hilarious. And too boot, there is always going to be a supporting cast that bumbles through charade after charade trying to invoke a sense of righteousness for the American people via the Highest Office in the Land. He warns us that there is always going to be a Trick E. That being said, Roth brilliantly evokes a sense of timelessness to this tale. Even Nixon's personality provided all the fodder needed to razz and scorn a political system riff with moral ambiguity. Peace talks that did anything but bring about a peaceful resolution. ![]() Sure Nixon and his staff were easy targets. I think that was the point of this novel. (That's both side of the aisle for those wondering.) We've seen how inadequate our elected officials are and, worse, just how incompetent they can be. I know political satires are a dime-a-dozen, but this one works.Įven though it was written almost 40 years ago, and about a president that was less than decorous, I think it still has much clout concerning politics and politicians today. Okay, I've had some time to think about this book. One of America's literary giants has left us. Yeah, we are already there - this book plus The Plot Against America were clear warnings which we missed. Just wait until he starts firing into crowds of Boy Scouts like Dixon does in the book, won't that be a gas? Fuck. Will history be able to repeat itself? I surely hope so. It is a darkly comic book, not Roth's finest, but perhaps, if you are not on suicide watch, it is a worthy read to see that, well, we had an inept, racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-abortion president at one time and he was kicked out of the office. Like in The Plot Against America, Roth called this one 46 years ago. Whether it was the horrifying week in Washington with the ever-insistent attacks on democratic process even before taking office or his public speeches (or his fucking tweets), everything about Drumpf is present in Roth's Tricky B. Yes, Tricky Dick is long in the grave (and apparently trying to usurp Satan if we believe Roth), but the scenario of the book is so close to the insanity of Drumpf that it made me want to scream. I read this book today and to be honest, it was terrifying. ![]()
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