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“New York congressman-turned-novelist Israel delivers a secondbrilliant political satire…,
this time targeting the firearms industry and the Washington political establishment…
Promise readers that the only way they will put this book down is when Charlton Heston’s
ghost pries it from their cold dead hands.”
—Booklist,starredreview
“A former U.S. congressman takes on the gun industry and a big slab of American politics in
thisentertainingsatire. Israelrecalls Carl Hiaasen and Christopher Buckleyin their liberal
bents and sense of the perniciously absurd.”—KIRKUS Reviews,starredreview
“Israel’s second novel (followingThe War on Morris) is awonderfully irreverent satireabout
the fractured and fractious American political and lobbying system….Thisclever political farce
exposes the extremism of the gun rights issue, both pro and con, with a smart plot, loud,
noisy characters, and hilarious dialogue….It’sa rollicking comedic trip.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Former Congressman Steve Israel, the only funny thing to come out of Washington in a long,
long time, hits the bulls-eye.Hilarious and ingenious—and pleasingly wicked.”
—Christopher Buckley
“This book delivers what America needs now more thanever—a good laugh at ourselves.Big
Gunsis a satire about the gun lobby, political corruption, and Washington power, but it is more
than the sum of its parts; it’s a serious indictment of America, told by a man who has spent
sixteen years in Congress and knows of what he writes. Steve Israel is not only a fine writer, he
isperhaps the finest, funniest, and best political satirist writing today. You don’t need to
completely agree with him (I don’t), but you need to hear what he has to say. Congress should
pass a law makingBig Gunsmandatory reading for themselves.”
—Nelson DeMille
“Big Gunsis a knowing, witty, dark look at the madness that has overtaken American politics.
A former Congressman, Steve Israel knows his subject. One of the most gifted acrobats has
left the circus, picked up a laptop and blown the cover off the big top. Defying gravity, he
somehow makes us laugh at the outrages and absurdities of Congress, campaigns, and
the media.”
—Paul Begala
"Wow!Another great book from Steve Israel, this time a timely satire about a very serious
subject. Something's got to get us to change. Maybe this will."
—Ken Burns
“Honestly? It irritates me that Steve is such a terrific writer.To have his political insight and
wisdom, and then, on top of that, have the skill to spin it into something so uniquely his own,
with comedic timing so crisp, rhythmic and musical—and funny!—seems, frankly, unfair.Big
Gunsis agreat, and timely,read.”
—Paul Reiser
