Nasparnival™

by Freeman Smith

Nasparnival™ explodes the absurdity of contemporary America with sharp satire, wild humor, and Kafkaesque twists. Follow Colt Cortez, a former Hollywood child star turned would-be U.S. senator, as he and his eccentric crew navigate a chaotic world where book bans, school shootings, drug epidemics, identity theft, corpse mutilation, and even zoo escapes collide in a frenetic race toward power.

Set against the backdrop of a right-wing “Freedom town” shaped like the Omega symbol, the novel blurs the line between reality and reality TV, peeling back the façades of fame, politics, and family drama. Colt’s crumbling marriage, rampant drug use, and experimental societal control schemes drive a plot that moves as fast as it dazzles.

With a nod to film noir and Gonzo journalism, Nasparnival™ exposes the moral decay beneath America’s glittering surface, weaving biting cultural critique with wild characters and dark comedy. It’s a cautionary tale for anyone captivated by power’s allure and the price of unchecked ambition.

596 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 13, 2026

Reviews

[Cami l · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’ve been heavily debating what it means for a book to be truly “kafkaesque.” This book checks the boxes of being incredibly complex and bizarre, but somehow just misses the mark for me. NasparnivalTM is a whole 500 pages of quirky characters and strange anecdotes, attempting to poke fun at the moral decline/ hedonism/ hypocrisy within the elite in the USA. The book summary has it described as a story following Colt Cortez, former child star/ aspiring politician but the plotline is not entirely coherent and the characters are secondary to just this overall dark, borderline revolting energy surrounding the described social circles- very topical at a time we’re dealing with the revelations in the Epstein files. The critique felt a little too on-the nose for me to find it too witty, but nonetheless I didn’t hate this read. It was hard to get into at first, and had its dull moments but it was overall okay.

[Rob Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book, NASPARNIVAL, is the best book I have read in several years. It's a big book, but incredibly entertaining, smart, and I feel like it is a bit groundbreaking on so many levels. It's filled with humor, philosophy, pop culture, and is smooth as smooth can be. One critic compares him to Thomas Pynchon and David Foster Wallace...Maybe so, but Smith is, to me, a better, clearer thinker and writer than these two, and he doesn't get cute like Pynchon and Foster Wallace. I recommend this book to everyone. Two thumbs up, 5 stars, bouquets of flowers, whatever...this dude is legit. Best book I have read in years.