Humpty Trumpty Hit a Brick Wall: Donald J. Trump's First White House Year in Verse

Depressed and defeated, facing the inauguration day of a new U.S. President he calls "flabbergastingly unfit for office", writer David Finkle put thought and pen to the internet and posted a series of opinion driven quatrains on Facebook. On day 2, still unable to climb out of his funk, Finkle wrote another, and another, and another, finding himself three hundred sixty-six days later with a new dose of acerbic wit and humor for every day of the year including an anniversary verse to complete the cycle.

In a world where the inflammatory nature of day-to-day politics has put people on edge, readers will find a reprieve while they laugh, grin, and occasionally weep their way through David Finkle's engaging rhythms and rhymes recalling some of the major characters in government and their ups and downs. Heads-of-state, chiefs-of-staff, senators, congress, the FBI and more are riffed wtih original, humorous illustrations headlining each month's collection.

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Humpty Trumpty Hit a Brick Wall: Donald J. Trump's First White House Year in Verse

Depressed and defeated, facing the inauguration day of a new U.S. President he calls "flabbergastingly unfit for office", writer David Finkle put thought and pen to the internet and posted a series of opinion driven quatrains on Facebook. On day 2, still unable to climb out of his funk, Finkle wrote another, and another, and another, finding himself three hundred sixty-six days later with a new dose of acerbic wit and humor for every day of the year including an anniversary verse to complete the cycle.

In a world where the inflammatory nature of day-to-day politics has put people on edge, readers will find a reprieve while they laugh, grin, and occasionally weep their way through David Finkle's engaging rhythms and rhymes recalling some of the major characters in government and their ups and downs. Heads-of-state, chiefs-of-staff, senators, congress, the FBI and more are riffed wtih original, humorous illustrations headlining each month's collection.

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Humpty Trumpty Hit a Brick Wall: Donald J. Trump's First White House Year in Verse

Humpty Trumpty Hit a Brick Wall: Donald J. Trump's First White House Year in Verse

Humpty Trumpty Hit a Brick Wall: Donald J. Trump's First White House Year in Verse

Humpty Trumpty Hit a Brick Wall: Donald J. Trump's First White House Year in Verse

Overview

Depressed and defeated, facing the inauguration day of a new U.S. President he calls "flabbergastingly unfit for office", writer David Finkle put thought and pen to the internet and posted a series of opinion driven quatrains on Facebook. On day 2, still unable to climb out of his funk, Finkle wrote another, and another, and another, finding himself three hundred sixty-six days later with a new dose of acerbic wit and humor for every day of the year including an anniversary verse to complete the cycle.

In a world where the inflammatory nature of day-to-day politics has put people on edge, readers will find a reprieve while they laugh, grin, and occasionally weep their way through David Finkle's engaging rhythms and rhymes recalling some of the major characters in government and their ups and downs. Heads-of-state, chiefs-of-staff, senators, congress, the FBI and more are riffed wtih original, humorous illustrations headlining each month's collection.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780998861753
Publisher: Plum Bay Publishing, LLC
Publication date: 04/16/2018
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 6.50(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

David Finkle is a writer and journalist focusing on the arts and politics. Based in Manhattan, he is the author of People Tell Me Things, a story collection, The Man With the Overcoat, a novel, and the forthcoming Great Dates With Some Late Greats, a story collection.
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