Deliberately excessive, occasionally rambling, and often sharply funny.
In this anarchic hockey fantasia, civil liberties attorney and longtime beer-league player Charns imagines a 3-on-3 showdown against Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and Justice Samuel Alito that escalates into a broadside against authoritarianism, political spectacle, and American grievance culture. Written with the velocity of locker-room storytelling and the improvisational logic of underground satire, the novella follows Charns and his children as they dismantle Team Trump 47–0 in a surreal contest staged before pundits, extremists, federal agents, and Russian operatives.
Charns balances absurdity with autobiographical texture, grounding the comedy in his family’s history under Nazi occupation and his lifelong devotion to hockey culture. The result recalls the tradition of self-published political farce while maintaining an unexpectedly coherent emotional center. Hockey emerges not merely as backdrop but as ethical framework: a rule-bound world where accountability, teamwork, and resilience still carry meaning. Fans of anti-authoritarian satire and outsider sports writing will find an eccentric, committed work animated by fury, sincerity, and rink-level camaraderie.
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Pub date March 11, 2026
ISBN 979-8251657012
Price $6.00 Paperback, $0.99 Kindle edition, $0.00 Kindle Unlimited
