With insight, humor, and a bit of "I don't know what," Ryan
Forsythe turns the modern political satire on its head in this
alternative historical novel exploring why Dick Cheney has done the
things he's done.
We first meet a young Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney in the year
2791 as he endures another of his Dad's lectures on the terrible no
good Gore presidency-the source of all suffering in the world after
a series of freak time travel accidents vaporized our dearest
celebrities. Soon Cheney is on a joyride through time with his
buddy Kimo. Unfortunately, their time machine stalls out on the
Interyear and Dick finds he is stuck in the Nixon
administration.
Recalling his father's rants, Cheney realizes he has the
opportunity to change history. If he can ensure Gore loses the 2000
election, perhaps 800 years later he could finally make his old man
proud. Will the assistance of alien pinochle player Donald Rumsfeld
be enough? Or will he have to enlist both foul-mouthed mob boss
Ralph Nader and the secretly Republication robot Joseph Lieberman?
And what does the Iran-Contra scandal have to with any of this?
Forsythe skewers the conventions of modern books and DVDs, with
numerous "bonus features." Included are a "Deleted Epilogue"
(obviously not deleted); a faux Author Commentary featuring
Forsythe and Cheney discussing Cheney's actions in chapter one; and
a Reading Group Guide, featuring discussion questions and an author
interview.
"Dick Cheney Saves Paris" heralds a new voice in the genre of
personal and political madcap sci-fi meta- anti- novels. Read the
book about which Brian K. Vaughan says, 'There is no way in hell
I'm gonna read this, much less blurb it.'
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