Description
For progressives who need a humorous antidote to the headlines and for fans of William Shakespeare's Star Wars, this clever satire adapts the events of the first two years of the Trump administration into a Shakespearean play, written in iambic pentameter and illustrated throughout.
About the Author
Ian Doescher is the New York Times best-selling author of William Shakespeare s Star Wars and Pop Shakespeare series. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his family. Jacopo della Quercia is the author of The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy and License to Quill, a scholar with the New York Council for the Humanities, and a history writer who has authored more than 100 articles for the comedy website Cracked.com. His work has been featured in the New York Times bestseller You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News, BBC America, CNN Money, The Huffington Post, Reader s Digest, Slate, Ripley s Believe It Or Not!, Playboy s The Smoking Jacket, WAMC s The Roundtable, and Princeton University s Electronic Bulletin of the Dante Society of America, among others.
Reviews
"A wickedly funny lampoon."-The Oregonian
"A wonder...an unexpectedly clever treat."-The Anniston Star
"Ian Doescher and Jacopo della Quercia have done it again, this time mashing current political culture (or lack thereof) with Shakespearean words."-Geeks of Doom
"Political satire at its best."-Midwest Book Review
Book Information
ISBN 9781683691600
Author Ian Doescher
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Quirk Books
Publisher Quirk Books