Fiction - Satire

The Third Force is the dramatic conclusion of The Gisawi Chronicles. In the final chapter, the Democratic Republic of Gisawi (DroG) holds historic elections after a popular uprising ousts the county's former dictator. However, someone claiming to be the infamous warlord Daniel Odoki has...

When budding historian Donnie Ray Cuinn stumbles upon an old letter in the musty bowels of the Texas State Archives, he believes he has uncovered the true story of Sam Payne's valiant, or perhaps not so valiant, capture of Mexican leader Santa Anna during...

AN IRREVERENT, LIBERAL, TWISTY, TIME TRAVEL COMEDY What if you could make a change to history that would eliminate the Spanish Inquisition, American slavery, World War II, global warming, and an egomaniacal US president who thought he was smart enough to drop nuclear bombs...

Introduction by Ron PowersIncludes Newly Commissioned Endnotes Arguably the first major American novel to satirize the political milieu of Washington, D.C. and the wild speculation schemes that exploded across the nation in the years that followed the Civil War, The Gilded Age gave this...

Will Self has established himself as one of the most brilliant, daring, and inventive writers of his generation. My Idea of Fun is Will Self's highly acclaimed first novel. The story of a devilishly clever international financier/marketing wizard and his young apprentice, My Idea...

WINNER OF CBC CANADA READSWINNER OF THE STEPHEN LEACOCK MEDAL FOR HUMOURHere's the set up: A burnt-out politcal aide quits just before an election--but is forced to run a hopeless campaign on the way out. He makes a deal with a crusty old Scot,...

In the shifting sands of the desert, near an unnamed metropolis, there is an institute where various fellows come to undertake projects of great significance. But when our sort-of hero, Percy Frobisher, arrives, surrounded by the simulated environment of the glass-enclosed dome of the...

NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE AND NEW EDITION PAPERBACK A wonderfully funny sequel to The Mouse That Roared. The Duchy of Grand Fenwick, the world's smallest country, whose army of 20 longbow men defeated the United States in The Mouse that Roared is back again....

NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE AND NEW EDITION PAPERBACK The fourth book in the bestselling The Mouse That Roared series brings the Duchy of Grand Fenwick's most extraordinary achievement yet--the defeat of OPEC and the happy solution to the world's oil crisis, which came about...

NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE AND NEW EDITION PAPERBACK Gloriana XII--The Original Wolf of Wall Street. In this hilarious sequel to The Mouse That Roared, Grand Fenwick is at it again, this time upsetting the world's economy. The tiny country's secret weapon this time is...

An "extremely funny...brilliantly alive" (The New York Times Book Review) social satire of the highest order from bestselling author Sam Lipsyte, centered around an unwitting mindfulness guru and the phenomenon he initiates. In an America convulsed by political upheaval, cultural discord, environmental catastrophe, and...

"One of America's best satiric novelists" (Kirkus Reviews), S. G. Browne seamlessly gift wraps this horrific and hilarious sequel to his "extremely strong" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) zombie novel Breathers. He seesAuthor: S. G. BrowneISBN-10: 1501109154ISBN-13: 9781501109157Publisher: Gallery BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/06/2014Pages: 208Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize:...

In this hysterical follow-up to the New York Times bestseller White Girl Problems, Babe Walker travels the globe as she tries to figure out the answer to the question foremost on everyone's mind--including hers: Who is Babe Walker? If you're one of the hundreds...

Baron Munchausen's hold on the European imagination dates back to the late eighteenth century when he first pulled himself (and his horse) out of a swamp by his own upturned pigtail. Inspired by the extravagant yarns of a straight-faced former cavalry officer, Hieronymus von...

Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders is a darkly satiric take on two of the most famous cases of our era: the kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst, and the shocking assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and gay leader Harvey Milk. As a...

Bizarro fiction's most prolific author takes the serial killer genre to a whole new level. Oksana Maslovskiy is an award-winning artist, an internationally adored fashion model, and one of the most infamous serial killers this country has ever known. She enjoys murdering pretty young...

Fish-eyed mutants, oceans of insects, and flesh-eating women with hammers for heads. Like a real world Kilgore Trout, cult author Carlton Mellick III has been pumping out dozens of the weirdest, trashiest, most imaginative books you've probably never heard of... even though you definitely...

The war between humans and toys has come to an end. The toys won. Teddy bears, dollies, and little green soldiers-they've all had enough of you. They're sick of being treated like playthings for spoiled little brats. They have no rights, no property, no...

Earthlings: Beware Do you know who your enemies are? Your neighbor? Your boss? Your butcher? Your wife? Only the Voltarians know for sure. They've successfully infiltrated our little world--and it may never be the same. They walk among us. They work among us. And...

From the author of NORTHANGER ABBEY AND ANGELS AND DRAGONS... PRIDE AND PLATYPUS: Mr. Darcy's Dreadful Secret When the moon is full over Regency England, all the gentlemen are subject to its curse. Mr. Darcy, however, harbors a Dreadful Secret... Shape-shifting demons mingle with...

An unabridged edition of the original 1916 publication -Author: Mark TwainISBN-10: 1603867538ISBN-13: 9781603867535Publisher: Merchant BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/11/2018Pages: 106Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d

The bestselling debut novel from Shalom Auslander, the darkly comic author of Foreskin's Lament and Beware of God. Hope: A Tragedy is a hilarious and haunting examination of the burdens and abuse of history, propelled with unstoppable rhythm and filled with existential musings and...

"The Double" is a novella by Russian novelist, essayist, short story writer, journalist, and philosopher Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881). His literature famously examines human psychology during the turbulent social, spiritual and political atmosphere of 19th-century Russia, and he is considered one of...

Jorge Comensal's The Mutations oscillates masterfully between comedy and tragedy, gathering up in its pages a stupendous panoply of characters before whom the reader is never sure whether to smile in sympathy or pity.--Fernando Aramburu, author of Homeland Ram n Martinez is a militant...

The small town of Mordasov is all abuzz at the arrival of Prince K-, a wealthy, ageing landowner, after an absence of several years. Maria Alexandrovna Moskalyova, a local gossip and fearsome schemer, decides that he would be an advantageous match for her daughter...

Told in the form of interviews with those who knew and hated him, this hilarious and irreverent mockumentary recounts the rise and fall of notorious Hollywood producer Shark Trager. As a young man, Shark had dreams of directing artistic movies, but when his film...

First published in 1931, "Black No More" is a clever and important satirical novel by George S. Schuyler which was written during the creative time of the Harlem Renaissance. This humorous and insightful work explores what would happen if blackness could be erased and...

The Missionaries is a story of the collision of three cultures. A brilliant tale of ineptitude, self-righteousness, and human folly, it combines the mordant wit of W. Somerset Maugham with a sense of humor reminiscent of P.G. Wodehouse. When Dr. Sydney Prout is named...

The Promethean is an amazingly funny novel exposing the utter insanity of modern academia and the world of technology. An extraordinary tale of ambition, social justice, and human folly, it combines the mordant wit of W. Somerset Maugham with a sense of humor reminiscent...

"CANDIDE, OU L'OPTIMISME" is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise and being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism (or...

Jean Ignace Isidore G rard (1803-1847) was a French artist and satirist who was known by his pseudonym, J. J. Grandville. Un Autre Monde (Another World), published in 1844, was a highly original work, its surreal illustrations veering from whimsical to nightmarish. This coloring...

In this, Theodore Dalrymple's second collection of short stories, he begins to let his imagination run. The absurdity of modern life is fully laid bare when taken to extremes. You will laugh through your tears. *** Satire is prophecy. -- Theodore Dalrymple Author: Theodore...

The Jane Austen Collection includes Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion, as well as the shorter works; Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sandition, and Jane Austen's complete Juvenilia.Emma - Emma Woodhouse is a strong, independent woman, who is perfectly happy to remain single. When Emma takes...

From the bestselling author of Dumped, Actually comes a hilarious, heartfelt story about marriage, divorce and what the hell happens next.Amy and Joel's honeymoon in the Maldives was the perfect week of love, sun, sex and a free minibar...but unfortunately, it was also the...

Those Barren Leaves is a satirical novel by Aldous Huxley, published in 1925. The title is derived from the poem "The Tables Turned" by William Wordsworth, which ends with the words: Enough of Science and of Art;Close up those barren leaves;Come forth, and bring...

Teodorico Raposo, the novel's anti-hero, is a master of deceit; one minute feigning devotion in front of his rich, pious aunt, in order to inherit her money, the next indulging in debauchery. Spurred on by the desire to please his aunt, and in order...

Simon, a father of three and husband to the love of his life, can't stand it any longer. Where is Justice to be found in a world of cover-ups and payoffs? Are monsters to go unpunished? He will see Justice returned, by his own...

With so much apparent alien activity and presence on our planet, what would happen if an American actually took a swing at a UFO and landed a punch? Who in Washington would take that call? What would such a government agency look like? How...

Erewhon, an anagram for "nowhere," is a faraway land where citizens follow a unique set of rules disregarding conventional beliefs about money, health and science. Beneath the surface, Erewhon is fueled by hypocrisy and inhabitants are riddled with fear. A traveler stumbles across a...

From the winner of the 2008 Orange Award for New Writing comes a blistering, satirical novel about life under a global media and tech corporation that knows exactly what we think, what we want, and what we will do--before we do. One corporation has...

Charles Dickens's last completed novel, "Our Mutual Friend" is the story of "Noddy" Boffin, a common clerk who becomes "the Golden Dustman" after he inherits a dust-heap where the aristocracy throw their refuge. A brutal satire and social analysis, "Our Mutual Friend" is a...

Imagine the look on your sister's face when they see you reading this book. If you're really looking for the top 10 ways to kill your sister, stop what you are doing and seek psychiatric help immediately For the rest of you, bring some...

A New York Times New & Noteworthy Book - Strange and affectionate, like Almost Famous penned by Shakespeare. A love letter to music in all its myriad iterations.--Kirkus Reviews - This book has no business being as good as it is.--Christian Wiman In the...

In the year 2050, twenty-something IT worker, Charlie Gibbs, has a problem - several problems, in fact. His boss has just been killed in mysterious circumstances. Replacement boss, fifty-year-old Dutch cougar, Ilse Teuling, is writing an inspirational sex guide for the mature woman and...

"In the tradition of Stephen Leacock and C.S. Lewis . . . Your writings are thoughtful, educational, and entertaining and carry relevant messages to people living in challenging times." -Dr. James Lunney, MP (retired)"Deep, thought provoking, and powerful! NEEDS to be told!" -Dr. Joan...

The Anti-Pamela: Or, Feign'd Innocence Detected (1741) is a novel by Eliza Haywood. Blending tragedy and comedy, Haywood explores the intersection of gender and class to reveal how women perform and experience desire. Written in response to Samuel Richardson's Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded, a...

George March's latest novel is a smash. No one could be prouder than his dutiful wife, Mrs. March, who revels in his accolades. A careful creature of routine and decorum, she lives a precariously controlled existence on the Upper East Side until one morning,...

"Action-packed, gory, and hilarious. I loved it!" - Michelle Garza Absolute Unit is a dark carnival ride through the underside of the American Dream, where hustlers and parasites fight to survive against gun-toting furries, sarcastic drug kingpins, old ladies who are startlingly good with...

In fourteen witty, surreal, and wildly original interrelated stories, Iris Smyles joyfully interrogates the paradoxes of life and language and gives us a new view of our world.Welcome to the world of Droll Tales, in which reality is a mutually agreed-upon illusion, and life...

Lord Harrowby visits Lloyds of London and takes out an insurance policy on his future wedding, which guarantees a hefty payout if the ceremony stalls. It's an odd request that leads to desperate measures from both parties. Lord Allan Harrowby is engaged to marry...