Naked Presidents: An Alternate History

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e. a Newt Gingrich presidential claim--this novel appears perhaps even more relevant now than it did the year of its release (2000). com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. To me this is why Frank Sinatra is in many ways the book’s best-developed figure, as by taking him on a very different historical path Silver spends the time to explore his motivations.

I find it a bit of a hard stretch on the career Air Force thing (not that he was cowardly, I just think he would have transitioned into the private sector/ political arena sooner). Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. The Vietnam era generation (of which I am not) and those longing for the success of the 90's will appreciate the intertwining of worlds both invented, inverted, and completely true--as JFK survives Dallas, Clinton is a whistle blower, Sinatra lives the latter part of his life sans tongue--while sex permeates the novel just enough to make it as slick as the real and reinvented presidents who play the lead roles.It was refreshing to see a novel that didn't make a "Kennedy survives his assasination" plot into the second coming for America. Perhaps stating the obvious, the plot itself goes a long way toward achieving that in this novel-as-thought-experiment, although the characters of JFK and Clinton ultimately remain two dimensional men; we get to see very little of their thoughts aside from their shared sexual obsession, and interestingly it is the two leading women in this saga, Judith Exner (in the JFK section) and Hillary Clinton, who become fully realized human beings. g., Clinton as an Army General) but those with an open mind and a sense of humor, and particularly historians, should find much to ponder (the way in which Ken Starr becomes a Supreme Court Justice is only one of many, many inventive twists).

By contrast, his development of the rest of his cast is much weaker, leaving it to the reader’s familiarity with their real-life personages in most respects. Kennedy does not face an assassination attempt in Dallas, but goes on to a successful reelection, only to face impeachment when his affair with Judith Campbell is revealed. His term (or terms) might have played out very messily considering what time period he would have served in (would anyone really have wanted to be in the Oval Office in 1968? The evolution of this alternate timeline without the JFK assassination: Vietnam, Watergate, Iran-Contra, the Space Program, all are changed.Alternate histories have become a genre in their own right, with WWII being by far the most popular historical period re-examined, but this is the first alternate history I've encountered that addresses perhaps the most fascinating single episode of the 20th century: the JFK assassination. While the document was designated "for the President's eyes only," Allen would end up seeing more than he bargained for that day in 1981: a naked president. More than a work of fiction, Naked Presidents is a philosophical novel which explodes conventional wisdom and destroys some of our most cherished myths.

Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. Other authors have made such an effort in nonfiction works, so Silver’s novel is a change of pace in that regard. They were a little on the indecisive side as to what they wanted and how they wanted it, and they had to switch around a couple of times before they got things the way they liked it,” Allen said. More than a work of fiction, NAKED PRESIDENTS is a wild romp through an alternate universe, where conventional wisdom is overthrown and some of our most cherished myths are destroyed. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.First lady Nancy Reagan, who was already in bed, gave Allen permission to enter the room after knocking. He dried his hands off and he said, ‘Oh, yeah, I'm working through that,’” Allen remembers, Reagan seemingly unfazed by the encounter. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Kennedy was not murdered in Dallas and in the book not murdered at all, and secondly, the book does contain some sexual content that may not be appropriate for all, especially if you are fond of the character. But while political junkies find that event and its aftermath a bottomless source for conspiracy theorizing, it is to Silver an instrument for a greater and more contemporary political purpose, and indeed a tool for destroying conspiracy theories altogether.