Posted on 10/24/2009 11:01:32 AM PDT by prd20091
Alex Kurtagics dystopian novel, Mister attempts to illustrate the everyday consequences of living in a world in which current social, cultural, political, economic, and demographic trends have been allowed to continue. It treats the result of the liberal utopians efforts with sarcasm and derision, but its main target is the so-called respectable conservative, that has the right instincts and is fully aware of the destructive forces at work in Western societies, but is too preoccuped with maintaining social status and professional prestige to risk voicing politically incorrect opinions. He silently opts for a reactive strategy of avoidance and adaptation, rather than an active one of confrontation and revolution.
The primary thesis of the novel is that in the long run it will prove impossible to insulate oneself from the social chaos. Not only will the attempt to accomplish even the simplest of tasks become incredibly frustrating, but they may very well have unexpected and perhaps disastrous consequences. In Chapter 31, our anti-hero, a gifted (but respectable) conservative, finds himself in a squalid detention cell. He has been arrested for reasons unknown, and has just been put through a devious and highly contrived interrogation by an Obama lookalike, a Black police inspector, intriguer, and racist, who is determined to be his nemesis.
Based on the sample chapter, I can’t decide whether the author of this book let his Golden Retriever play with the computer keyboard or if is intentionally written in such a fashion to make a statement of some sort.
I’ve irretrievably wasted ten minutes on the sample chapter and would have to be paid to read the rest.
Jack
just an FYI, I just posted as reference. I don’t know anything about the author or his motivations or imply any warrenty of fitness with the quality of his writing.
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