BOOK SYNOPSIS
From his woodland bunker in Michigan, Bo ‘Big Bruddah’ Watts has assembled a scratch army of gun-toting militiamen, and he’s ready to use it. Rumours are circulating that the liberal, female President of the USA is going to fight climate change by banning beef, snatching the great American hamburger from the mouths of patriots. Big Bruddah missed the last militia uprising. That one, sparked by a conspiracy theory about a deadly virus and stolen cheese recipes, ended in failure when his now ex-wife, Miky Spike, stopped the potentially bloody conflict at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Wisconsin.
He is determined to stop the president, with the help of eccentric octogenarian Wilbur Tuttle, who runs Silver Eagle Security, the private military enterprise owned by the hapless former governor of Michigan, Bill Hoeksma.
The plan is to launch a coup in Tampa, Florida by kidnapping the President’s daughter and then installing Hoeksma as a puppet President. With the support of Silver Eagle’s best men, Big Bruddah and Tuttle hope to ignite the long-awaited insurrection militia members call the “boogaloo.” What could possibly go wrong???
I really don't know where to start with my review of this strangely captivating tale of internal politics, conspiracy theories, spies, the battle for power, double crosses, climate change and Dirk's, a hell of a lot of Dirk's on a plane.
The story is written in nine parts and has a quite large cast of vivid, realistic individuals, many of whom had opinions on various other sections and members of society that were unfortunately very authentic and realistic. The story is set in a number of different states of America and the plot centres on a number of characters beef (get it) with the female President's (they have beef with that as well) alleged plans to fight climate change by banning beef. Now, I don't personally know if cattle do actually have any effect on the climate, I mean, they do fart and poop a lot but then don't we all, it's just nature...right. But I can fully understand certain people not being happy about the subsequent lose of hamburgers (me,I would personally be more upset about not being able to have spag bol for my tea anymore) Certain individuals are so upset by the rumours that they devise a cunning plan which involves removing the President from office and replacing her with their own puppet in the shape of one Commander Bill, a man who was so useless and easy to manipulate that he made our own Prime minister Boris Johnson appear intelligent.In fact I think that our dog has more brain cells than their two brains combined into one. No matter what country you live in, we often live with unrealistic hope's that the people in power or work.for large companies actually have our best interests at heart,will keep the promises that they have made and can be trusted. Unfortunately, this is very often not the case,they really only care about their own reputations, lining their own pockets and wouldn't know the how to tell the truth if their own lives depended on it. This has been the attitude of the people in power since way back in the past when history first started being recorded and I unfortunately don't believe that fact is ever going to change at any point in the future. We only actually get to spend time with the President during one chapter of the story so therefore it was difficult to form any opinion of her character but from the time that we got to spend with her, I actually thought she was quite likeable. I also liked feisty Raina Richter, Miky Spike and a character called Jackson Nguyen who,though no fault of his own found himself caught up in a kidnapping sub plot. I loved the interactions and back and forth banter between some of the secondary characters but I can't say that found anyone else very likeable and there was a few that I thought were quite annoying for a variety of different reasons. I did like how the author ended the book by catching the reader up on the events in the lives of some of the main characters who had featured throughout the story.
As I have previously mentioned, this is a strangely captivating story that is very well written and has a plot that is at times very scarily authentic and believable, covers some relatable and realistic issues from the past and the present day and also includes an added dash of humour. Although this is a sequel to the previous book The Great American Cheese War and there is a number of references to events from that story scattered throughout the book The Great American Boogaloo can be read and enjoyed as a stand alone. I thought this was a enthralling, entertaining read and I would gladly read more of this author's books in the future.
AUTHOR INFO
Paul Flower was born and raised in Michigan and still resides there. He has been writing professionally for more than 37 years. While much of his career has been spent in advertising and marketing, he worked in broadcasting for a short time. Paul has one previously published novel to his credit, and his writing has appeared in national and regional magazines. He and his wife have four grown children and a rapidly evolving number of incredibly beautiful and intelligent grandchildren.
PUBLICATION DATE: 31st March 2022
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