Kennedy's pastor and mentor has always been outspoken. Maybe too outspoken. Carl's no stranger to political controversy, but when his church comes under fire for hosting the Truth Warrior's men's retreat, women's rights activists and feminist leaders aren't the only ones worried that the conference
Everything Abridged
β Scribed by Dennard Dayle
- Book ID
- 110627869
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Year
- 2022
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781647006365
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
For readers of David Wong, Paul Beatty, and George Saunders, an electrifying and wholly original collection of satirical stories that create a bitingly funny portrait of American racism, capitalism, and politics
Framed as a reference work of humorous Γ’ΒΒentriesΓ’ΒΒ that offer trenchant social commentary, Everything Abridged presages a dark vision of the near future but tells jokes in the face of it: An intelligence agency operative uncovers a conspiracy to generate conspiracies and realizes his participation in the scheme. A Caribbean monarch meets four decades of American presidents and adjusts his countryΓ’ΒΒs foreign policy accordingly. Experiment participants are asked to bring back a gun as quickly as possible. A copywriter on a space colony advertises a weapon with the potential to destroy his home during an intergalactic war.
These and other linked stories, many of which feature a speculative bentΓ’ΒΒabout being Black in America, law enforcement practices...
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Kennedy's pastor and mentor has always been outspoken. Maybe too outspoken. Carl's no stranger to political controversy, but when his church comes under fire for hosting the Truth Warrior's men's retreat, women's rights activists and feminist leaders aren't the only ones worried that the conference