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ôThis is the best parody IÆve read since ôBored of the Ringsö! This book cleverly skewers LaHayeÆs Left Behind and similar novels. It also has a clever political satire, as George W. appears as the Antichrist Nickelay Dubyah the younger, who is the ôFearless Leaderö of the former Soviet Republik of Texrectumstan.ö ûan Amazon.com review
ôKiss My Left Behind is a fun book to read, and it tells the satiric truth about the lies too often told to a believing public by people we have been taught to trust. ItÆs more than just a parody of the fundamentalist Left behind series and other books that promote an unthinking religiosity; it is an unrelenting critique of the hypocrisy and greed of the leaders of some of our major American institutions-in government, education, and organized religion. Beneath the raucous humor that makes the book a delight to read lies a serious purpose: to expose the excesses of those who prey on the gullible, and especially on the lost souls in America whose need for spiritual certainty of an extreme fundamentalist Christianity makes them willing victims. In addition, the book is good fictionùthe characters can be endearing even with all their flaws, and we follow the story of loves and desires with anticipation.ö ûDr. Kathleen De Graves, author of Company Woman, and Swindler, Spy Rebel.
Earl Lee is the author of many articles and editorials in such magazines as American Libraries, The Humanist, and Truth Seeker. Several articles have been anthologized, including an article on censorship that recently appeared in You Are Being Lied To, which is available from Quality Paperback Book Club.
LeeÆs first novel Drakulya was published in 1994, and was adapted as a play in 2000. Also, he is the author of a collection of essays published by McFarland, Libraries in the Age of Mediocrity, which was very favorably reviewed by John N. Berry III, the Editor-in-Chief of Library Journal.
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