Political Satire

In the aftermath of the prologue, and as the core narrative begins, the book’s central satirical perspective becomes immediately apparent. This is a result of its prioritized focus on the attitudes and behavior of conservative American politician (and protagonist) Alexander Paine Wilson.

In general, satire is an artistic genre in which the failings of a particular person, belief system, and / or behavior pattern are made vividly apparent through exaggeration. It is a form of humor often associated with social and / or political commentary, both of which are apparent throughout the Wilson – related sections of this book. In those sections, the satire-focused storytelling is driven by Wilson’s increasingly desperate efforts to keep secrets of his life from being brought into the open. Both the increasingly exaggerated efforts themselves and the exploration of Wilson’s motivations for undertaking them manifest the novel’s overall satirical...