num_pages: 178
description: The Terrible Twos is a wickedly funny, sharp-edged fictional assault on all those sulky, spoiled naysayers needing instant gratification--Americans. Ishmael Reed's sixth novel depicts a zany, bizarre, and all-too-believable future where mankind's fate depends upon a jolly old gent named St. Nicholas and a Risto-rasta dwarf named Black Peter, who together wreak mischievous havoc on Wall Street and in the Oval Office. This offbeat, on-target social critique makes marvelous fun of everything that is American, from commercialism to Congress, Santa Claus to religious cults. [Amazon.com product description]
language: English
title: The Terrible Twos
titlecomplete: The Terrible Twos
characters: Santa Claus
genres: Fiction, American, Novels, 20th Century, African American
ratings_count: 232
publisher: Avon Books