{"product_id":"2940148782056","title":"Happy Utopia Day, Joe McCarthy","description":"Combining political satire with espionage parody, J. T. Lundy tells the story of an unlikely secret agent facing a bizarre, xenophobic government conspiracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChris Thompson thought his youthful dreams of being a secret agent had long ago been put to rest. He has a wife and child, a stable job with the US Customs Department, and--aside from a minor incident involving outsourcing American apple pie production to Bangladesh--no real worries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis all changes when Chris receives a phone call from the president of the United States, Oscar I. Wright, regarding a secret invasion of America from Canada and Mexico--an invasion somehow tied to the \"Big Mac Party,\" a cultish political party that worships the legacy of the notorious Communist-hunting Senator Joseph McCarthy. Soon, Chris is equipped with firearms, designer suits, government helicopters, and an array of gadgets worthy of any top-notch spy. His mission: infiltrate the mysterious \"Emergence\" program founded by McCarthy within the shadowy halls of the US government--and, ultimately, save democracy as we know it from the xenophobic demons of America's past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA unique, bubbling combination of Christopher Buckley-esque satire, political farce, and espionage comedy, Happy Utopia Day, Joe McCarthy reveals--through encounters with a hilarious cast of hallucinating politicians, Border Patrol commandants, crew-cut torturers, stuttering computer wizards, supposedly immortal pilots, and more--just how frightening a contemporary abuse of government power can be, and just how much we sometimes stand to lose when we decide to pursue our dreams.","brand":"Emerald Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072735527152,"sku":"2940148782056","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148782056_p0.jpg?v=1763708259","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148782056","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}