false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191440118m/833201.jpg 833201 1 Written in Lower Manhattan in the weeks following the attacks on the World Trade Center, Snowball’s Chance is a scathing political satire that asks this question: What excesses might have set the stage for 9/11’s catastrophic confrontation between Jihad and McWorld? It also provides an opportunity to assess the relevance of Orwell’s cold war fable in our transformed political reality. The opening chapters of Snowball’s Chance trace the events leading up to Animal Farm’s transformation into “Animal Fair.” Napoleon, the old boar who once ruled the farm with an iron hoof, has died. Now Snowball, the pig ousted for his democratic ideas, can make a triumphant return. With him he brings a new concept: capitalism. Snowball and his team of educated goats convert the farm into a thriving carnival, replete with hucksters of every stripe and species, critter celebrities and spectacular sideshows where the Fair’s jailbirds are put on display. Not everyone, however, is delighted by Animal Fair’s success. Over-development, pollution, and the Fair’s increasing encroachment into the nearby Woodlands begin to tarnish its glory. Foreign wars become commonplace. When the pigs begin bombing beaver dams to redirect water toward the Fair, the Woodland animals, led by the beavers, start to plot a terrible revenge… In a pre-publication feature dedicated to the book, the New York Press called Snowball’s Chance “A pretty vicious parody,” and a courageous project at a time when copyright holders are increasingly attempting to “legislate and litigate [parody]…out of existence.” 818830 11 2002 Snowball's Chance total:22|5:17|4:3|3:1|1:1| 22 101 52 6 833201 1931824053 9781931824057 22 6 4.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191440118m/833201.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/833201.Snowball_s_Chance 5 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 21:35:24 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 22:26:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 833201 1931824053 9781931824057 22 6 4.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191440118m/833201.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/833201.Snowball_s_Chance 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sun Jun 03 12:56:59 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 18 20:14:36 -0700 2008 833201 1931824053 9781931824057 22 6 4.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1191440118m/833201.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/833201.Snowball_s_Chance 5 1 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Mon Jun 04 10:33:40 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 11:01:43 -0700 2007 the farm. John Reed's animal characters hold a mirror to the continuing saga
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