{"product_id":"devil-take-it-9781949846621","title":"Devil Take It","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDevil Take It\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharp, darkly comic satire set against the backdrop of Trump-era Washington, D.C. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this clever and timely moral fable, Satan arrives on the scene disguised as Dr. Grippin Fall, a psychiatrist with a peculiar diagnosis for Eustace Bogges, the editor of the \u003ci\u003eWashington Oracle\u003c\/i\u003e's letters page: mortality. As the Devil guides Bogges through a series of bizarre therapy sessions, he entices him with a doctrine of laughter and mirth inspired by the 16th-century writer Fran?ois Rabelais. Meanwhile, Bogges, under a pseudonym, pens a letter to his own page suggesting that society would be better off if everyone simply minded their own business. To his surprise, the slogan seizes the imagination of all of Washington's inhabitants, with even Trump jumping on board--for his own selfish ends. The result is an absurd spiral of civil unrest that momentarily brings history to a halt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With biting wit and resonant themes, \u003ci\u003eDevil Take It\u003c\/i\u003e skewers the political and social landscape in a way that is reminiscent of the great masters of satire from Mark Twain to Mihkail Bulgakov and John Kennedy Toole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Debs Nossiter, son and brother of reporters, became one himself. After a stint at the \u003ci\u003eConcord Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e in New Hampshire, he joined the staff of Barron's in New York, then free-lanced in Washington for the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Sunday Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He now lives and writes in Santa Fe, New Mexico. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Heresy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50903416570130,"sku":"9781949846621","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f3728b57-3653-48a8-a178-0cbf18891446.jpg?v=1738493775","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/devil-take-it-9781949846621","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}