Clowns, Turkeys and Nitt Witts. That's who is running the United States, at least as portrayed in NITT WITT HILL, Sebastian Gibson's political satirical romp. The Clowns most closely resemble the Republicans, the Turkeys, the Democrats and the Nitt Witts, the Tea Party. Except as Gibson so deftly shows, at times, any member of any party could easily qualify for membership in any other party.
While the three parties run around in circles trying to get elected, a dog, Mark Twainβor Twain, for shortβtries to help his owner figure out what's making everyone so crazy. Meanwhile, Homeland Security and the Senate want to ban bras because the metal underwires might be interfering with aircraft navigation.
Told in chapters that can be read as individual vignettes, NITT WITT HILL showcases all that is good, bad and surprisingly funny about politics in Washington, D.C. The prose is intelligent, probing and extremely witty, but I found it a bit over the top for my liking. After a while, keeping up with the nicknames and outrageous escapades became tiring. I guess I like my political humor in small, very small, doses. But if political satire is your thing, I recommend NITT WITT HILL as a laugh out loud, cautionary tale.
Whatβs causing the country and now the President to lose
their crackers and voters to elect Nitt Witts? Clowns and
Turkeys are running Congress and the Nitt Witts are
everywhere. But will one more Clown in Congress make any
difference? Would the country be better off with some real
Turkeys instead of those Clowns? Or are the Nitt Witts
destined to run Washington? Set on historic Nitt Witt Ridge
in Cambria, California and Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.,
Sebastian Gibsonβs satire paints the absurdities of the
political world and of daily life with his unique sense of
humor. The top political parties have degenerated into the
Nitt Witts, the Turkeys and the Clown Party and the country
is becoming deranged. Unless Mark Twain (Mark, a political
consultant and his dog, Twain) can determine whatβs making
people so neurotic and make sense of the madness, riots may
cause the countryβs collapse. The Clowns are running for
office with the slogan, βOne more Clown in Congress probably
wonβt make any difference.β nnThe Turkey candidates are
running against the Clowns with their counter slogan, βIsnβt
it time we had some real Turkeys in office instead of those
Clowns?β But itβs the Nitt Witt Party who may have the most
appeal to voters with their slogan, βElect a Nitt Witt and
see what some real Nitt Witts can do in Washington.β
Meanwhile, believing a lightweight metal alloy in bras when
placed in contact with the wearerβs skin is causing
electrostatic interference with aircraft navigation
equipment and with people themselves, Homeland Security and
the Senate take action to prohibit the wearing of bras on
airplanes and their sale in America. nnStill, the
situation fails to improve and the country is on the verge
of losing its collective mind. With the rhetoric of
political parties at a level never seen before (βTurkeys are
made for stuffing, Clowns are for Congressβ) and as
protesters riot over the right to wear or go without bras
and try to take control of the White House itβs up to Mark
and his dog Twain to determine the cause of the countryβs
mental imbalance and find a way to save the country. Read
the novel thatβs making Washington laugh so hard, Congress
canβt accomplish anything. It all begins and ends on Nitt
Witt Hill.
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