King John of Canada

by Scott Gardiner

Book Overview

A hilarious political satire in the tradition of Mordecai Richler. This is a funny, biting political satire set in the not-too-distant future. A series of minority governments, and endless Quebec referendums (designed to lose narrowly, to keep the money coming) have left Canada almost ungovernable. When the Governor General resigns in disgrace and the House of Windsor implodes in London, a media baron launches the idea of a Canadian king or queen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771033095
• ISBN13: 9780771033094
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Douglas Gibson
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent & biting Political Satire

I found the book an enjoyable read. It cut to the chase of the political malaise that is Canada, and did so by introducing a character that by chance - literally, a lottery - and his own timing and intuition, changes (fictional) Canadian history. The story is all told after the fact, by an involved observer, and thus we have the device of "foreshadowing" used throughout the read, but still- what a read! For instance, it seems "un-Canadian" to consider inviting the entire natio to vote on Quebec separation, or calling the First Nations bluff.(Canadians wouldn't dream of calling them what Amercians call them - "Indians") It could never happen - our politic persona is too apologetic and fearful of giving offence even when it is called for, but in this story a series of fateful twists allow Canada to become the Nation it deserves to be. Kudos to Scott Gardiner for this novel, and for the glass of water tossed into not only into the face of the Saudi prince, but into all "political correctness".