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 Twain—or Twain, for short—tries 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.
What’s 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 Gibson’s 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 what’s making
people so neurotic and make sense of the madness, riots may
cause the country’s collapse. The Clowns are running for
office with the slogan, “One more Clown in Congress probably
won’t make any difference.” nnThe Turkey candidates are
running against the Clowns with their counter slogan, “Isn’t
it time we had some real Turkeys in office instead of those
Clowns?” But it’s the Nitt Witt Party who may have the most
appeal to voters with their slogan, “Elect a Nitt Witt and
see what some real Nitt Witts can do in Washington.”
Meanwhile, believing a lightweight metal alloy in bras when
placed in contact with the wearer’s 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 (“Turkeys are
made for stuffing, Clowns are for Congress”) and as
protesters riot over the right to wear or go without bras
and try to take control of the White House it’s up to Mark
and his dog Twain to determine the cause of the country’s
mental imbalance and find a way to save the country. Read
the novel that’s making Washington laugh so hard, Congress
can’t accomplish anything. It all begins and ends on Nitt
Witt Hill.
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