{"product_id":"devil-take-it-9781949846621","title":"Devil Take It","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDevil Take It\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharp, darkly comic satire set against the backdrop of Trump-era Washington, D.C. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this clever and timely moral fable, Satan arrives on the scene disguised as Dr. Grippin Fall, a psychiatrist with a peculiar diagnosis for Eustace Bogges, the editor of the \u003ci\u003eWashington Oracle\u003c\/i\u003e's letters page: mortality. As the Devil guides Bogges through a series of bizarre therapy sessions, he entices him with a doctrine of laughter and mirth inspired by the 16th-century writer Fran?ois Rabelais. Meanwhile, Bogges, under a pseudonym, pens a letter to his own page suggesting that society would be better off if everyone simply minded their own business. To his surprise, the slogan seizes the imagination of all of Washington's inhabitants, with even Trump jumping on board--for his own selfish ends. The result is an absurd spiral of civil unrest that momentarily brings history to a halt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With biting wit and resonant themes, \u003ci\u003eDevil Take It\u003c\/i\u003e skewers the political and social landscape in a way that is reminiscent of the great masters of satire from Mark Twain to Mihkail Bulgakov and John Kennedy Toole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heresy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949846621\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Daniel Debs Nossiter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44833826275509,"sku":"9781949846621","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f8645946-5be5-48fe-9526-dd220843c70b.jpg?v=1732030251","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/devil-take-it-9781949846621","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}