A Capital Christmas Carol: Being a Story of the Republic’s Haunting at Christmas

By J.B. Mullen

Did you ever wonder what Christmas is like in the Trump White House?

Then he heard it. Heard it deep within the bowels of the White House, down in the levels of sub-basement that aren't even acknowledged to the public. Down beneath the Press Room, beneath the Situation Room, beneath the bunker: a clanking noise, as if some person were dragging a heavy chain over long-lost national security apparatus. Trump protested out loud to steel his courage: "Fake! News! I won't believe it."

So begins our Christmas ghost story, reimagining Charles Dickens's immortal Ebenezer Scrooge as President Donald Trump. Readers will be struck by the contemporary relevance of the tale and delighted by the seamless blending of Dickens's original language with the current political landscape.

Special hauntings by a trio of luminaries are sure to give a whole new meaning to the political zeitgeist. May it haunt the republic and your home pleasantly this season!

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Nov 12, 2019
• ISBN: 9781543994391

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