Synopses & Reviews
Al Frankenandrsquo;s landmark bestseller, Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, was praised as a andldquo;bitterly funny assaultandrdquo; (zThe New York Times) that rang andldquo;with the moral clarity of an angelandrsquo;s trumpetandrdquo; (The Associated Press). Now, this master of political humor strikes again with a powerful and provocative message for all of us.
In these pages, Al reveals the alarming story of how:
- Bush (barely) beat Kerry with his campaign of andldquo;fear, smear, and queers,andrdquo; and then claimed a nonexistent mandate.
- andldquo;Casino Jackandrdquo; Abramoff, the Republicansandrsquo; nearest and dearest friend, made millions of dollars off of the unspeakable misery of the poor and the powerless. And, also, Native Americans.
- The administration successfully implemented its strategy to destroy Americaandrsquo;s credibility and goodwill around the world.
Complete with new material for this paperback edition, The Truth (with jokes) is more than just entertaining, intelligent, and insightful. It is at once prescient in its analysis of right-wing mendacity and incompetence, and inspiring in its vision of a better tomorrow for all Americans (except Jack Abramoff).
Review
"The Truth does keep its promise to be funny about extremely unfunny matters." Janet Maslin, the New York Times
Review
"Franken follows up his Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them with another fierce but funny assault on the Bush administration." Library Journal
Review
"Subtle, laugh-or-cry-out-loud and ultimately devastating...The Truth (with jokes) is guaranteed to rile the right....Al Franken is the voice the American left has been waiting for." The Guardian (London)
Synopsis
Complete with new material for this paperback edition, and with a new Afterword, The Truth (with Jokes) is more than entertaining, intelligent, and insightful it is a New York Times bestseller that contains a powerful and provocative message.
Synopsis
The #1 New York Times bestseller by Senator Al Franken, author of Giant of the Senate Senator Al Franken's landmark bestseller, Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, was praised as a "bitterly funny assault" (The New York Times) that rang "with the moral clarity of an angel's trumpet" (The Associated Press). Now, this master of political humor strikes again with a powerful and provocative message for all of us.
In these pages, Senator Franken reveals the alarming story of how:
- Bush (barely) beat Kerry with his campaign of "fear, smear, and queers," and then claimed a nonexistent mandate.
- "Casino Jack" Abramoff, the Republicans' nearest and dearest friend, made millions of dollars off of the unspeakable misery of the poor and the powerless. And, also, Native Americans.
- The administration successfully implemented its strategy to destroy America's credibility and goodwill around the world.
Complete with new material for this paperback edition, The Truth (with jokes) is more than just entertaining, intelligent, and insightful. It is at once prescient in its analysis of right-wing mendacity and incompetence, and inspiring in its vision of a better tomorrow for all Americans (except Jack Abramoff).
Synopsis
Al Franken's landmark bestseller,
Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right, was praised as a bitterly funny assault (the
New York Times) that rang with the moral clarity of an angel's trumpet (the
Associated Press). Now, this master of political humor strikes again with a powerful and provocative message for all of us.
In these pages, Al reveals the alarming story of how:
- Bush (barely) beat Kerry with his campaign of fear, smear, and queers, and then claimed a nonexistent mandate.
- Casino Jack Abramoff, the Republicans' nearest and dearest friend, made millions of dollars off of the unspeakable misery of the poor and the powerless. And, also, Native Americans.
- The administration successfully implemented its strategy to destroy America's credibility and goodwill around the world.
Complete with new material for this paperback edition,
The Truth (with Jokes) is more than just entertaining, intelligent, and insightful. It is at once prescient in its analysis of right-wing mendacity and incompetence, and inspiring in its vision of a better tomorrow for all Americans (except Jack Abramoff).
Synopsis
The Republicans won the White House and Congress in November. In Fall 2005, Al Franken strikes back. His new book picks up where Lies and The Al Franken Show leave off. Armed with an arsenal of facts and research (and comedy!), Al is ready to take the fight to the Bush administration and their right-wing cronies. Intelligent, insightful, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny, Al's hard-hitting work of political satire is poised to become the most talked about book of the year.
Synopsis
Al Franken is "the perfect guy to write a book attacking America's nasty, mean, vicious right-wing pols, pundits and preachers," wrote the
Washington Post in its review of
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. "But his book barely scratches the surface of the Bush administration's well-documented mendacity....Looks like Franken will have plenty of material for a sequel."
The Republicans won the White House and Congress in November 2004. In Fall 2005, Al Franken strikes back. His new book picks up where Lies and The Al Franken Show leave off. Armed with an arsenal of facts and research (and comedy!), Al is ready to take the fight to the Bush administration and their right-wing cronies. Intelligent, insightful, inspiring, and laugh-out-loud funny, Al's hard-hitting work of political satire is poised to become the most-talked-about book of the year.
About the Author
Emmy Awardandndash;winning television writer and producer, Grammy-winning comedian, and host of The Al Franken Show on Air America Radio, Al Franken is the author of five books, including the number one New York Times bestsellers Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right and Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations. He is the only comedian to have performed at Abu Ghraib, as far as we know.