{"product_id":"american-monsters-barry-robbins-9798999394415","title":"American Monsters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDemocracy has monsters. And they're hungry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wendigo devours America's last wilderness. Moloch burns children to fund tax cuts for the wealthy. The Minotaur builds two labyrinths-one for white refugees, one for everyone else. Dracula discovers that an entire nation's blood tastes sweeter than any individual victim's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAmerican Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e, twenty-nine legendary creatures narrate their own stories of corruption and chaos in Trump's America. Each monster reveals how ancient evils have evolved to feed on modern democracy, transforming real political outrages into visceral horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't traditional political commentary. It's mythology made flesh, where the Basilisk dies from seeing his own reflection in a four-letter acronym, where the Dragon hoards the wealth of nations while peasants starve, where the Banshee's wail announces the death of American intellectual dominance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe monsters speak in their own voices-seductive, terrifying, utterly convinced of their righteousness. They make you \u003cem\u003efeel\u003c\/em\u003e the horror of what's happening, not just understand it intellectually.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the final chapter reminds us that Perseus slew Medusa, Beowulf defeated Grendel, and Van Helsing destroyed Dracula. Heroes exist. Monsters can be stopped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This is such a clever book... political satire in its purest form, and it took my breath away time after time.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Lucinda E Clarke, Readers' Favorite (5 Stars)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Bold use of mythology to critique modern American politics... both imaginative and effective.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e- Manik Chaturmutha, Readers' Favorite (5 Stars)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonsters can be stopped. They always have been. They always will be.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Robbins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999394415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Robbins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.42d","brand":"Barry Robbins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852628406527,"sku":"9798999394415","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-monsters-barry-robbins-9798999394415","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}