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The Presidential Papers
Paperback
Series: Outspoken Authors, Book 31
Science FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $16.00
Publisher: PM Press
Published: Nov 5 2024
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.40
Language: English
Mixing satire, farce, and dystopia, the stories in John Kessel's The Presidential Papers deconstruct the character and politics of five imagined presidents, some of whom bear striking resemblance to individuals who have occupied the Oval Office over the last thirty years.
Who are these men and what makes them so funny, when they are not terrifying? How damaged does a person need to be to seek such power, why do we vote for them, and what do they think about the 1959 Washington Senators?
In The Franchise, aging career minor leaguer George H.W. Bush faces ace New York Giants pitcher Fidel Castro in the 1959 World Series. The Last American outlines the career of the final president of the United States and his thirty-three years in office. Can the megalomaniac President of the Solar System evade the consequences of his moronic rule in the original play A Brief History of the War with Venus?
In our Outspoken Interview we learn about crossing Mary Shelley with Jane Austen, about having classic SF writer James Gunn as a mentor, about being a spy in the English department, and about industrial capitalism, immigrants, and Buffalo, New York.
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