What Fiction are you reading this week, September 30, 2018?

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11. Big Guns--terrific political satire!

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Author is Steve Israel, former US congressman from NY, 2001-2017. He wondrously skewers the House (fictitious, of course) and gun culture, as the House members try to pass a bill requiring every man, woman and child in the US to own a firearm, the AFFFA--American Freedom from Fear Act. Almost every page brings a chuckle, as in "the 17 Republican contenders were tied for 17th place." Or "Teabury chaired the forty-member GGOOP Caucus: Get the Government Out of Our Pockets."

Of course there is a large element of truth to the descriptions of what goes on in our government, which can be depressing, but for awhile as you read this book, enjoy the wit of the author as he calls attention to the shenanigans.