He never paid a debt in his life. Then he inherited a country.
Daniel Thorp bankrupts everything he touches — car dealerships, marriages, casinos, the truth. So when a failed salesman turned reality-TV strongman rises to become America’s self-declared “president for life,” the only real question is how long a nation can run on borrowed principle before the bill comes due.
Told as an apologue — a savage, uproarious moral fable — The Apprentice’s Bankruptcy reimagines a democracy’s slow-motion collapse through a cast of unforgettable grotesques: the conscience-free fixer who builds the throne, the pundits who mistake ratings for journalism, the loyalists who go along until there’s nothing left of them to lose. It is crude, it is fearless, and beneath the laughter it is deadly serious.
Fans of 1984, Network, and A Modest Proposal will recognize the lineage — political satire with prestige-TV bones and a scalpel where its heart should be. By turns filthy, hilarious, and genuinely frightening, it builds to an uprising, a reckoning, and a final match no tyrant has ever won: because you can’t beat Death at checkers.
Dedicated “to the American people,” Publius doesn’t want to comfort you. Publius wants to wake you up.
“I’m Publius, and now so are you.”
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hat, Ant (illustrateur). Hardcover. He never paid a debt in his life. Then he inherited a country.Daniel Thorp bankrupts everything he touches-car dealerships, marriages, casinos, the truth. So when a failed salesman turned reality-TV strongman rises to become America's self-declared "president for life," the only real question is how long a nation can run on borrowed principle before the bill comes due.Told as an apologue-a savage, uproarious moral fable-The Apprentice's Bankruptcy reimagines a democracy's slow-motion collapse through a cast of unforgettable grotesques: the conscience-free fixer who builds the throne, the pundits who mistake ratings for journalism, the loyalists who go along until there's nothing left of them to lose. It is crude, it is fearless, and beneath the laughter it is deadly serious.Fans of 1984, Network, and A Modest Proposal will recognize the lineage-political satire with prestige-TV bones and a scalpel where its heart should be. By turns filthy, hilarious, and genuinely frightening, it builds to an uprising, a reckoning, and a final match no tyrant has ever won: because you can't beat Death at checkers.Dedicated "to the American people," Publius doesn't want to comfort you. Publius wants to wake you up."I'm Publius, and now so are you." Fans of 1984, Network, and A Modest Proposal will recognize the lineage-political satire with prestige. It builds to an uprising, a reckoning, and a final match no tyrant has ever won: because you can't beat Death at checkers. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781963805192
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