{"product_id":"9781568092089","title":"Showdown with a Cactus: Poems Chronicling the Prickly Struggle Between the Forces of Dubya-ness and Enlightenment, 2003-2006","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile history may withhold its judgment of President George W. Bush, for several more years, Brodsky, in \u003ci\u003eShowdown with a Cactus,\u003c\/i\u003e sees no reason to wait. In 101 poems, he relentlessly questions the motives behind the foreign and domestic policies of our forty-third president, with special attention paid to the disastrous military excursion into Iraq. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBush's cabinet and advisors, also, are treated to Brodsky's sometimes scathing examination, as is the complacency of many American citizens, who, in the poem \"Re: Election,\" are only too happy to ignore the state of the world: \"Sing Hallelujah! George the Lord has risen!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Time Being Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132688417008,"sku":"9781568092089","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781568092089_p0.jpg?v=1763765674","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781568092089","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}