A Planet for the President: The Political Satire to End All Political Satrires
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (837 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0752865668 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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His hit comedy Feelgood won the Evening Standard Award in 2001 . Alistair Beaton is one of the country's leading satirical writers, and makes frequent appearances on Radio 4
What's more, there's a growing environmental crisis that even he can't ignore. At a secret meeting in the Oval Office, the President is persuaded of one simple fact—there are too many people in the world. Things are not going well for the President of the United States. Soon, the President has embarked upon a plan that will guarantee American supremacy for generations to come—or so he believes.. He wants Americans to be adored by freedom-loving people everywhere. Instead, half the planet seems to be in permanent insurrection against US power. Only radical action, his advisers say, can deal with the problem. The solution they propose is frighteningly audacious and breathtakingly ruthless
Dr. -- Mail on Sunday. Strangelove for the Eco generation
"No Planet Left for Anyone" according to Felicia A. Sullivan. A little hard to get into, but well worth the effort. Very toungue-in-cheek satire of a contemporary American president who was a buffoon and listened to his "advisors". I won't give away the plot, but it was different and well done. It was not hard to imagine this president with George Bush's face and voice. Not hard at all.Found this link today to an alternative news site that I frequentyes, I wear a tin foil hat. But THIS: [] is EXACTLY what happened in this book that led to the disa. Side-splittingly funny, and terrifying at the same time. In other words: great satire. Reece R. Robbins Overview:A political satire concerning the fictional U.S. President, Fletcher J. Fletcher and his administration's decision to wipe out all non-Americans in the world in order to stave off an impending ecological disaster and preserve the American way of life.Points of Interest:First of all, let me say this book is hilarious. I mean laugh out loud, slap your knee, snot flying out of your nose funny. It is a scathing political satire mixed with a heavy dose of black humor. The idea is th. T. MacFarlane said More than just an hilarious political satire. This is one screamingly funny book. My wife complained, regularly, that she could not get to sleep because the bed wasshaking so much!A fictional American president - Fletcher J Fletcher - with a strong resemblance to someone you might know, is gettingtired of being told "something must be done" about the environment.The book opens in the White House with a policy wonk called Boyd telling the meeting that if everyone had the samestandard of living as the Vice President "We would need 15