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Last Refuge of
Scoundrels:
A Revolutionary Novel
by Paul Lussier
Book #281 - Price US$
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Hardcover book is in new
condition, unread, dust jacket in like new condition. Dust jacket shows no
signs of wear on top and bottom of spine edges. Inside of book pages are
crisp and clean. No pictures inside of book. 2001 edition. Book is 313 pages
long. Approx. 9 by 6 x 1. Additional pictures of condition are always
available.
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
The founding fathers of our country
are lambasted in this strikingly raunchy account of the Revolutionary War.
It seems America's revolution, led by such bumbling, incompetent idiots as
John Hancock and Samuel Adams, would never have been possible without the
brilliance of a street whore and her star-crossed lover. George Washington
lies on his deathbed, terrified of having "lost himself" and being
remembered not as George, but as the General. During his last few breaths,
he is given a chance to redeem his spirit by recollecting the Revolution as
it really was, through the eyes of an "angel," his former aide-de-camp, John
Lawrence. John's recollections start in 1765, when this 14-year-old spoiled
merchant's son ditches his tutors and roams the streets of Boston,
eventually meeting one of John Hancock's whores, 16-year-old Deborah
Simpson. The savvy Deborah sees through the hypocrisies of the founding
fathers but believes in the truth of the cause. John spends the rest of his
life following in Deborah's wake as she ignites the fires of revolution,
fighting alongside men, spying for both sides and strategically planning
everything from munitions storage to ambush attacks. John and Deborah are
present at such historical scenes as the Boston Massacre, the battles at
Lexington and Concord, and the Valley Forge horror. They both die
unrecognized for their contributions. History, according to Lussier's debut
novel, has done us a grand injustice by painting our independence from
England as a war of ethics, led by morally upstanding citizens fed up with
taxation without representation. Whether his intent is revisionist history
or comic satire, Lussier, who formerly wrote for TV and now writes and
produces movies for Warner Bros. Studios, certainly takes irreverence to new
extremes. History scholars will take umbrage with Lussier's iconoclastic
portraits, but general readers tired of present-day politics may find the
novel an escapist fantasy.
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email me aldergrove@ppowner.com
   
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