Richard West answers “am I the only one having trouble with the...”

Justin Klinger asked this question about Billy Summers:

am I the only one having trouble with the CONSTANT references to Donald Trump in everything King does these days ? I'm enjoying the plot of the book, but i'm 10 percent in, and there have been like 20 mentions of Trump in a book that has nothing to do with politics.

Richard West No, you aren't alone. King delights in showing his hatred of Donald Trump, thus disguising his new role as a political commentator as a novelist. I ha…moreNo, you aren't alone. King delights in showing his hatred of Donald Trump, thus disguising his new role as a political commentator as a novelist. I had to laugh at one of his digs at Trump about electing a con-man when Trump was replaced by the biggest con-man in American history who will probably go down as the worst President ever - definitely the only one to ever surrender to the enemy. I wish he would knock it off and go back to being the premier novelist he once was. If he wants to do political commentating, he should do an entire book and just get it out of his system instead of spoiling every book. This would have been a great book without the Trump comments. As it is, it's just a very good and enjoyable one.(less)

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Nicolás King has the right to his opinions, and they're his books so he can put what he wants in them. ...more
Oct 16, 2021 08:22PM · flag

Dav Barbara Kingsolver has developed the same problem - TDS.
Oct 31, 2021 09:25AM · flag

Maximum Agreed! And you know he'll have nothing to say about the current dimwit stumbling around the White House who is ACTUALLY racist and makes it clear at ...more
Dec 05, 2021 10:41PM · flag

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