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STEVE
ISRAEL
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The reviews are in!
“New York congressman-turned-novelist Israel delivers a second
brilliant 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 farceexposes
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
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