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      By McEwan, Ian
       [2019]., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: Fic McE    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "Kafka meets the world of Brexit in a bitingly funny political satire from Ian McEwan That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature. Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous six-legged existence he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation he has woken up to discover he is the most powerful man in Britain: the Prime Minister. His mission: a nationalist revival, with or without Europe. Nothing must get in his way: not the opposition, nor the dissenters within his own party. Not even the rules of parliamentary democracy. In this bitingly funny, Kafkaesque satire, Ian McEwan engages with scabrous humour a very recognizable political world and turns it on its head."--Publisher.
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      -- Dog and the fever.
      By Espinosa, Pedro, 1578-1650  Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963  Williams, Raquel Hélène Rose Hoheb, 1847-1950  Cohen, Jonathan, 1949 May 4-  Mariani, Paul L.
       2018., Wesleyan University Press Call No: Fic Esp    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: The legendary modernist poet William Carlos Williams described this seventeenth-century book as “far more ‘modern’ than ever Hemingway or even Gertie ever thought of being” and “hot as hell besides.” Williams translated this Spanish novella, originally published in 1625, with the help of Raquel Hélène Williams, his Puerto Rican mother. Williams recalled that its biting satire targeting the corruption of the court, the church, and society and driven by comic double entendre made them laugh out loud and amused them tremendously as they worked on the translation. In Williams’s hands, the novella becomes a daring modernist experiment with the poetry of prose and the American idiom. This edition includes Williams’s as-yet unpublished running commentary on the narrative, and an illuminating introduction from editor Jonathan Cohen that contextualizes the work in Williams’s canon.
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      By Enahoro, Carole
       c2010., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: Fic Ena    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "When a humanitarian catastrophe strikes Nigeria, an unforgettable cast of Machiavellian opportunists and quixotic do-gooders swoop in to make the most of the tragedy. This is a stand-out debut novel, a dark comedy, that perfectly captures Naomi Klein's "disaster capitalism," cutthroat office politics, vicious sibling rivalry, and the making of water into a corporate venture. Carole Enahoro shares her time between Canada, Britain, and Nigeria."--Publisher.
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      By Lithgow, John, 1945-
       2019., Chronicle Prism, an imprint of Chronicle Books Call No: 973.93302 L776d    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "Award-winning actor and bestselling author John Lithgow wields a whip-smart, satirical pen in this poetic diatribe chronicling the last few abysmal years in politics. With lacerating wit, he takes readers verse by verse through the history of Donald Trump's presidency, lampooning the likes of Betsy DeVos, Anthony Scaramucci, Scott Pruitt, Paul Manafort, Trump's doctors, and many others. Illustrated from cover to cover with Lithgow's never-before-seen line drawings, the poems collected in Dumpty draw inspiration from A. A. Milne, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Mother Goose, and many more. A YUGE feat of laugh-out-loud lyrical storytelling, this hilarious and timely volume is bound to bring joy to poetry lovers, political junkies, and Lithgow fans"--
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      -- From Trudeau to Trudeau :
      By Mosher, Terry
       2017., Adult, Friesens Call No: GN 741.5 M911f   Edition: ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: When Terry Mosher first started drawing political cartoons, Canada was celebrating its 100th anniversary and on the cusp of "Trudeau-mania," which would see Pierre Elliot Trudeau become prime minister.Now, as Canada marks its 150th with Justin Trudeau at the helm, Mosher better known by his pen name Aislin is still rifling the feathers of the country's elites. The Montreal cartoonist's storied career is being honoured in Montreal at McCord Museum's retrospective show, Aislin: 50 Years of Cartoons, and also in his newest book, Trudeau to Trudeau: Aislin 50 Years of Cartooning.
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      By Coe, Jonathan
       2019., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: Fic Coe   Edition: First American Edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "From the acclaimed author of The Rotters' Club and The Closed Circle comes the novel for our strange contemporary times. Beginning nine years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by chain retail, and London, where both frenzied riots and Olympic fever plague the streets, Middle England tracks a brilliantly vivid cast of characters through the transformation of their society. There are newlyweds Ian and Sophie, who disagree about England's future and, possibly, their relationship; Doug, the political commentator who writes impassioned columns about austerity from his Chelsea townhouse while his radical, teenage daughter undertakes a relentless quest for universal justice; Benjamin Trotter, who embarks on an apparently doomed new career in middle age, and his father Colin, whose last wish is to vote LEAVE in the Brexit referendum. Through all these lives we see this very tentatively united kingdom itself: a place of nostalgia and delusion, bewilderment and barely suppressed rage. As acutely alert to the absurdity of the political classes as it is compassionate about those left behind by elites of all sorts, this is a novel only Jonathan Coe could have written"--
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      -- Final report.
      By Mercer, Rick, 1969-
       2018., Adult, Doubleday Canada Call No: 971.07 M554f    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "Canada's sharpest satirical commentator brings down the curtain on our most-watched comedy show. Rick Mercer can always be relied on to provoke a strong reaction--but what he said one fall day in 2017 truly shocked the nation. In a rant posted on social media, the great Canadian satirist announced loud and clear that the current, 15th season of the Rick Mercer Report--the nation's best-watched and best-loved comedy show--would be the last. After more than 250 episodes, 250 rants and countless miles spent travelling the length and breadth of Canada to do everything from bungee jumping with Rick Hansen to whale-watching with Measha Brueggergosman, it was time to move on. What he will do next is still unknown, and Canada eagerly awaits future developments. But meanwhile, we have this book to keep us going. The new volume collects together rants from the later years of RMR, right up to the final episode. It also includes highlights from throughout the entire run of RMR, including choice moments from Rick's travels and encounters, and the very best of the early rants. There will be photographs throughout. And in a brilliant bonus, Rick has written a touching and frequently hilarious memoir of what it has been like to helm the nation's favourite comedy show. (Spoiler alert: It was the best job in the world.)"--
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      By Svendsen, Linda, 1954-
       c2012., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: Fic Sve    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: A startlingly funny and deeply satisfying satirical novel that makes the Canadian political scene accessible, from the female perspective, behind the scenes at the top of the Hill. Torn from the headlines, Sussex Drive is a rollicking, cheeky, alternate history of big-ticket political items in Canada.