Alice in Brexitland by Leavis Carroll (or Lucien Young).
Illustrated by Ollie Mann.
Published by Ebury Press; hardback first edition (1 Jun. 2017).
- ISBN-10: 1785036963
- ISBN-13: 978-1785036965
Lucien Young is an actor and writer, known for Fried and Murder in Successville. On this book, he has said:
“It’s been a delight getting the chance to balance the absurdity of modern British politics with the relative sanity of Lewis Carroll. I’m excited for people to read the book and, if its release should happen to bring down the government, this will all have been worthwhile.”
From the publisher’s blurb:
Lying on a riverbank on a lazy summer’s afternoon – 23rd June 2016, to be precise – Alice spots a flustered-looking white rabbit called Dave calling for a referendum. Following him down a rabbit-hole, she emerges into a strange new land, where up is down, black is white, experts are fools and fools are experts…
She meets such characters as the Corbynpillar, who sits on a toadstool smoking his hookah and being no help to anyone; Humpty Trumpty, perched on a wall he wants the Mexicans to pay for; the Cheshire Twat, who likes to disappear leaving only his grin, a pint, and the smell of scotch eggs remaining; and the terrifying Queen of Heartlessness, who’ll take off your head if you dare question her plan for Brexit. Will Alice ever be able to find anyone who speaks sense?
Political parody, with transformed Carrolian characters such as Dave the Camerarabbit, Farage- the ‘inanely grinning Cheshire Twat’, the Corbynpillar, Theresa May- the ‘Queen of Heartlessness’, Boris and Michael as “Tweedleboz and Tweedlegove” (‘one has a deranged mop of blond hair; the other looked like a duck who had just won a prize’) and Trumpty Dumpty. Alice just can’t decide if she agrees with the views expressed in the Daily Murdoch or The Gordian…
Very much in the long tradition of Alice political parodies such as Through a Peerglass and Clara in Blunderland.
Ollie Mann’s illustrations are in the style of the original Tenniels, but are recognisable as the political persons in question.
Available on Amazon in hardback or kindle editions.
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