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Via: Guardian
This easy satire on the Trump presidency is no more than a stocking-filler As Dave Eggers’s novella begins, the citizens of the great ship Glory are electing a new captain. Instead of choosing an experienced crew member, they pick “the man with the yellow feather in his hair”, a notorious swindler whose previous job was selling cheap souvenirs at the putt-putt golf course and who is best known for blurting out anything that comes into his head. A voter explains: “We need someone … to shake things up.” Soon the Captain has thrown out the rule book, plus all the other books, and is treating citizens to constant updates on the greatness of his penis. He also initiates a campaign of persecution aimed at Certain People – refugees, once magnanimously welcomed aboard, now terrorised, arrested and summarily drowned. The Trump presidency has been exhaustively assailed by satirists, and it’s not Eggers’s fault if this parable feels overfamiliar. That he nonetheless makes his story engaging, disturbing and sometimes genuinely funny is a testament to his skill as a writer. This, combined with the pleasure many take in seeing Trump lampooned, will make the book a reliable stocking-filler in left-leaning homes. Continue reading…
