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Trumpty Dumpty wanted a crown : verses for a despotic age / John Lithgow.

Title:

Trumpty Dumpty wanted a crown :

Varying Form of Title:

Verses for a despotic age

Author:

Lithgow, John, 1945-

Format:

Books

Physical Description:

103 pages : illustration ; 21 cm

ISBN:

9781797209463

Production / Publication Information:

San Francisco : Chronicle Prism, [2020]

Summary:

"Following the great success of his New York Times bestseller DUMPTY, comes award-winning actor and national bestselling author John Lithgow's next book of satirical poetry chronicling Trump and his administration-with poems of the impeachment and beyond"--

Language:

English

Geographic Term:

United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-2021 -- Humor.

Personal Subject:

Trump, Donald, 1946--Humor.

Trump, Donald, 1946--Caricatures and cartoons.

Trump, Donald, 1946--Poetry.

Subject Term:

Political satire, American.

Humorous poetry, American.

American wit and humor.

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Book	Searching... North Andover - Stevens Memorial Library	973.933 LITHGOW	31478010152941	Searching... Unknown
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Summary

New York Times Bestseller

Following the success of his New York Times bestseller Dumpty , award-winning actor, author, and illustrator John Lithgow presents a brand-new collection of satirical poems chronicling the despotic age of Donald Trump.

Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown is darker and more hard-hitting than ever. Lithgow writes and draws with wit and fury as he takes readers through another year of the shocking events involving Trump and his administration. His uproarious poems and illustrations encompass Trump's impeachment, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter protests, and much more. Lithgow targets Mitch McConnell, Mike Pompeo, Bill Barr, Jared Kushner, Elaine Chao, and many others, but also includes a few heroes of the moment, including Anthony Fauci, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and even Barack Obama.

The book arrives at a time when it's needed most. With all-new poems and never-before-seen line drawings, Lithgow will once again make readers laugh and pause to remember some of the most defining moments in recent history--skewering the reign of King Dumpty one stanza at a time.

Digital audio edition read by the author.

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

Lithgow continues his poetic skewering of "a POTUS whose pants are routinely on fire." In this clever follow-up to Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse (2019), the actor and author unleashes more razor-sharp satirical wit, lampooning the second half of "our distractible," Twitter-obsessed chief's presidential term. Lithgow begins with the impeachment in late 2019 and moves through the litany of lies and blunders that have formed the Trump administration's teetering foundation. Beyond the primary target, the author also draws farcical caricatures of fumbling politicos like senior advisers and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani ("filled with rage and babbling bluster, / 'America's Mayor' has lost his luster"). Lithgow renders Mitch McConnell as a manipulative, suffocatingly partisan reptile: "By keeping his party in line and tight-knitted, / The Tortoise prevailed and got Dumpty acquitted / But by treating the trial as a legal blood sport, / He rendered the Senate a kangaroo court." Political strategist and a man Lithgow calls the "dirty trickster, artful dodger," Roger Stone gets a full-page poem and makes good company with another Trump blunder: "substituting his Sharpie for science" after mistracking Hurricane Dorian. The cover art and interior line drawings provide suitable graphic accompaniment to the text. As with the first volume, this one is a short, succinct, laugh-out-loud affair, and no one in the Trump administration is above Lithgow's eagle-eyed scrutiny. Unwilling to leave even readers with limited political knowledge behind, the author also includes brief profiles of the politicians that he eviscerates. All the snarky novelty doesn't reveal anything new nor untrue; rather, Lithgow whisks the obvious into a creatively brilliant distraction that most readers will enjoy. Even loyal Trumpers may find a stray chuckle for the ridiculousness and the current administration's political circus. A hilarious and pertinent parody to help pass the time until the November election decides the nation's fate. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.