The Haircut Who Would Be King
Robert Trebor
(Author)
Description
A farcical sendup of Donald Trump's rise to power and volatile partnership with Vladimir Putin...As a young boy, Donald Rump was less than precocious--a miserable student, prone to implacable tantrums, whose emotional intelligence ceased maturing at the age of 9. But the region of the brain responsible for egomaniacal self-assessment was prodigiously large.
After some success and plenty more failure in real estate, he turns his attentions to reality TV and hosts a show called "Paycheck," each episode of which concludes with Rump singing "Don't Cry for Me Argentina."
Meanwhile, Vladimir Poutine was raised by KGB agents during the early years of Khrushchev's reign. Poutine, a latent homosexual who immerses himself in the self-consciously manly world of "physical culture," reads magazines about bodybuilding. Crushed by the demise of the Soviet Union, he copes in the most peculiar way: "he would slip into a silver lamé gown, pop on a curly wig and perform Marlene Dietrich classics at a local drag bar."
Rump decides he'd like to try his hand at politics and recruits shock jock Alex Clamz from the popular but frothing radio show, "Disinfowarz." He runs for president opposite Mallory Claxton, a sensible woman with a sterling career in public service. Despite a bizarre campaign and a trail of seedy scandals, Rump wins with clandestine help from Poutine.
And then, the fun really begins.
Product Details
| Publisher | Palindrome Press |
| Publish Date | May 01, 2019 |
| Pages | 184 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9780578475684 |
| Dimensions | 8.0 X 5.0 X 0.4 inches | 0.4 pounds |
About the Author
Reviews
"Debut author Trebor displays a sharp attunement to the politically absurd and a talent for making the already peculiar into the raucously silly. The first rule of parody is that it be genuinely funny, and the author accomplishes that repeatedly. Also, the book slyly interjects some serious reflection into...a hilarious rendering of the contemporary political scene."
- Kirkus Reviews
"The Haircut Who Would Be King beautifully caricatures these two contrasting, but equally ridiculous, politicians and their peculiar relationship (Trump and Putin). Trebor draws a perceptive emphasis on the alarming state of modern day politics. His parody sheds light and humor in the midst of all the dark elements of today's world, and it's hard not to appreciate this literature all the more for it...Finally, when we are not sure where the story can go beyond the present day, his parody continues with the deliberately absurd until the very end, with fireworks the reader can't even dream of."
- The San Francisco Book Review
"The Haircut Who Would Be King: A Political Fable by Robert Trebor is one of the funniest books I have ever read. The fact that it is based, not even loosely, on current political situations makes it eminently more readable and, believe me, this is not just another send-up. Mr. Trebor has got these characters scarily accurate, so much so that when I see the real ones on TV now, I shall probably struggle to keep a straight face. Skillfully woven, intertwining two stories into one, Mr. Trebor has created, in my opinion, a true masterpiece here."
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