Skulk
Subtitle: a post-9/11 comic novel
By: Marc Estrin
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Progressive Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Joshua Tree, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780930852559
Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Fiction; Truthfulness and falsehood
Description: Radical prof Richard Gronsky is swept off his feet by T.L. Skulkington, a sassy, right-wing superstar, during one of her liberal-bashing talks. Their romance struggles with political polarity until a run-in with Homeland Security brings Miss Skulkington's libertarian impulses to the fore, and "Skulk" is won over to Gronsky's causes -- secession of the Free State of Kansas, and 9/11 Truth. So begins the twosome's mad escapade, to stage an Event to awaken the Sunflower State to The Issues of the Day. Joining forces with a mysterious Santa, they take flying lessons, and steal a Cessna to crash into Santa's department store. The reader is treated to a sophisticated parody of American political reality, a wild ride full of ironic twists and a stunning ending. In the Afterword, Estrin discusses his strategy in Skulk: to use comic fiction to probe dangerous real-world fictions parading as truth.