MacTrump, Jacopo della Quercia
MacTrump, Jacopo della Quercia
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MacTrump
A Shakespearean Tragicomedy of the Trump Administration, Part I

Author: Jacopo della Quercia, Ian Doescher

Narrator: Laura Knight Keating, Brian Hutchison, Christopher Gebauer, Henry Strozier, Susan Bennett, Jaine Ye, T Ryder Smith, Thomas Picasso, Jonathan Todd Ross, Rachel Botchan, Adam Grupper, Eliza Foss, Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 5 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/31/2019


Synopsis

No one thought that MacTrump—Lord of MacTrump Towers, Son of New York—would ascend to the highest position in the kingdom. Yet with the help of his unhappy but dutiful wife Lady MacTrump, his clever daughter Dame Desdivanka, and his coterie of advisers, MacTrump is comfortably ensconced in the White Hold as President of the United Fiefdoms, free to make proclamations to his subjects through his favorite messenger, McTweet.

The Democrati, mourning the loss of their cherished leader O'Bama, won't give up without a fight. They still remember the disastrous reign of George the Lesser, and they can see Putain's dark influence on MacTrump. Their greatest hope is MacMueller, tasked with investigating the plot that empowered MacTrump's rise to the throne.

As Desdivanka schemes to overthrow her father's councilors, and as Donnison and Ericson—trapped in their own Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-like storyline—prove useless to their father, MacTrump soon realizes he has no true allies. Will he be able to hold on to his throne? Only time will tell in this tragicomic tale of ambition, greed, and royal ineptitude.

About Jacopo della Quercia

Jacopo della Quercia is the pseudonym for a former Obama staffer. He is the author of The Great Abraham Lincoln Pocket Watch Conspiracy and License to Quill, a scholar with the New York Council for the Humanities, and a history writer who has authored more than 100 articles for the comedy website Cracked.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista

I have fun reading Ian's work that he turns into plays in the Shakespearian style. He knows his Shakespeare for certain and he's so good writing in verse. Politics and Shakespeare go very well together. The histories or all about political intrigue and the War of the Roses. Ian takes the first 2 year......more

Goodreads review by Taylor

Loved it! My favorite work from Jacopo yet! The characters were wonderful and I’d love to see this performed across the country. If you like Shakespeare and political comedies, this is the book for you. I am particularly pleased that both democrats and Republicans are parodied in the play, making it......more

two real-life pieces of information: i received this book as a birthday gift from a very close friend, and while i was reading it, white nationalists stormed the capitol. so. uh. you could say i have some mixed feelings about this one that are maybe a little informed by current us politics? look, i kn......more

MacTrump is a fantastic, entertaining piece of political parody. The best political parody. There is no other political parody that comes close to the amazingness of Mactrump. It puts all other political parodies to shame. Bigly. Thank you to NetGalley and Quirk Books for my copy of MacTrump in excha......more

I wanted to like this more. I am hoping once the real Trump is removed from office, I will be more amused by the comedy of the parody. But now I'm more saddened by the tragedy of it.......more