New Novel Satirizes 2016 Presidential Campaign

WELLESLEY, MA, USA, April 14, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- “What would Jesus do?” That was the standard response from Alex Bernini’s mother to any question requiring more than a yes-or-no answer. And it was the catalyst for the high-tech billionaire to form the American Ideals party and clone Jesus Christ to run for President of the United States against the Tweedle-dumb and Tweedle-delusional candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties.

The campaign that ensues features a frighteningly familiar cast of characters:
Ronald J. Drumpf
Shillary & Willie Clinkton
Sarah Paliorina
Barney Panders
Teed Crudz
Antony Sclerosis
Balack Obumma
The Whatson supercomputer

In his black-comedy novel "The Jesus Ticket" (Erewhon Press, 2016), author Phil Fragasso brings the current level of political discourse to a new low. “It truly stretches one’s creative abilities to write an over-the-top parody of the 2016 presidential campaign,” explains Fragasso, “but I knew I’d succeeded when Ronald Drumpf said this: 'I’m half American Indian, two-thirds Inuit, and one-quarter Mayan. That makes me the most American anyone can be'.”

Phil Fragasso is the author of several novels and nonfiction books and writes regularly for the Huffington Post. He is an adjunct professor at Boston College.

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