{"product_id":"school-board-9780985041694","title":"School Board","description":"\"\u003ci\u003eSchool Board\u003c\/i\u003e is a total joy to read, as full of sass and subversive brass as its 18-year-old hero, the political neophyte and Houston school board candidate Tucker 'Catfish' Davis ... I hope \u003ci\u003eSchool Board\u003c\/i\u003e is the first of many more to come from this gifted young writer.\"-Ben Fountain, author of National Book Critics Circle Award winner \u003ci\u003eBilly Lynn's Long Halftime Walk\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrief Encounters with Che Guevara\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Into the riotous cavalcade of great American literary characters tumbles a new class clown, Tucker 'Catfish' Davis, high school senior and aspiring politician. One part Ignatius J. Reilly from \u003ci\u003eA Confederacy of Dunces\u003c\/i\u003e, one part Hazel Motes from \u003ci\u003eWise Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, and several parts Willie Stark from \u003ci\u003eAll the King's Men\u003c\/i\u003e, Catfish Davis is a singular presence on the page. Mike Freedman hasn't just written the funniest book about a school board election, he's written the kind of David-and-Goliath story that gets all of us 'little people' cheering and laughing in equal measure.\"-David Abrams, author of \u003ci\u003eFobbit\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Houston, Texas, 1999. Enter Tucker \"Catfish\" Davis, a high school senior with high-flying political ambitions as the self-proclaimed heir to populist Louisiana Governors Huey and Earl Long. Armed with idealism and a fedora, he embarks on a quixotic campaign to get elected to the local school board in an effort to help the \"little people\" of Houston. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the wild days that follow, Catfish's long-shot bid gains traction through guerilla campaigning against a questionable tax deal supported by his opponent, a powerful executive at an Enron-esque energy company. With the help of his classmates, an indicted Louisiana governor, a gay journalist with nascent mayoral ambitions and an ex-Green Beret trained to wage unconventional warfare, Catfish makes it a race Houston will never forget. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on an actual 1999 news story, \u003ci\u003eSchool Board\u003c\/i\u003e is an entertaining but satirical debut novel that revels in the diversity, madness and absurdities of the Bayou City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Broken Levee Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/09\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780985041694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Mike Freedman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52452189208757,"sku":"9780985041694","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2c2370c8-0501-450c-9f21-d9318a5a073b.jpg?v=1776826112","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/school-board-9780985041694","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}