{"product_id":"9781449427573","title":"Talk to the Hand: A Doonesbury Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e[Trudeau ranks as] one of the foremost sociopolitical satirists of recent decades.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile some in the \u003ci\u003eDoonesbury\u003c\/i\u003e universe seek office, others serve. Alex and her Seattle co-hordes devote their young, restless, and body-pierced Deaniac energy to hooking up \"flash art\" with politics. Half a world away in Iraq, a major bad boy from stateside devotes himself to liberating the city of Al Amok, ruling with a steady hand, a full glass, a devoted Chinese handler, and an economy based on looting. As fate would have it, B.D. finds himself heading upriver on an apocalyptic mission to terminate Al Duke with extreme prejudice, a story line so made-for-TV that B.D. feels compelled to bang out the screenplay on his laptop in real time. Fortunately for the man known to Honey as \"sir,\" the media red-lights the hit, though car bombers quickly pick up the option and put the project back in play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the homeland, a wartime president has the answer to almost all the questions (\"9-11\") but tries to shelve the still incomplete story of his own National Guard duty back in the daze. Mark and Zonk join the war against trash politics by offering a $10,000 reward for any witness who can collaborate the flightsuit-in-chief's account, but their efforts, alas, come to naught. Yes, it's a divided nation. On the west coast sexual assault charges accompany a rise to power, while back east they mandate a fall: Walden College's acting coach, Boopstein, lets accusations of way-personal fouls force her football team off the field. Sex parties for recruits? \"Who knew we were that competitive?\" marvels President King, ending Boopsie's gridiron apprenticeship with two little words: \"You're fired.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128397381872,"sku":"9781449427573","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449427573_p0.jpg?v=1769906591","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449427573","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}