Sue Coe sets her sights on our president, casting him as Bully, the ringleader of a nightmarish carnival. Judith Brody's lyrical prose set the stage for Coe's gorgeously rendered paintings, and both are juxtaposed against choice quotations from the architects of the Bush agenda. With a timely release for what promises to be a polarized 2004 election year, Bully! is one of the most politically charged, unabashedly left-leaning books of the season.
Sue Coe is always interesting...I don't agree with all her points of view, but I do appreciate her honesty. Bully! looks at the symbiotic relationship between big business and politics; how that relationship has become (overwhelmingly) to the detriment of society. Some very deeply shocking revelations are reveled in this book.