The Great American Parade
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"The Great American Parade" is a political novel by Robert Burrows that achieved moderate success only after being described in a national newspaper as the worst novel ever published in the English language
Burrows, a retired University of Wisconsin-Whitewater English professor, self-published the book, his first novel, in a run of 2000 copies. Initial distribution was 400 copies. [http://www.cadenhead.org/workbench/stories/2003/02/23/parade.html]
The book, which turns a jaundiced eye on George W. Bush's tax policies, centers around the conceit that the President calls all Americans to march in a great parade in Washington DC - in order of wealth, with the poorest citizens at the front and the richest in the rear. A cadre of idealistic college students ultimately foils the President's plans to turn America into a two-tier society.
The book attracted little notice until Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten described the novel as "...a wretchedly terrible product that shames the American publishing industry." [http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/moe//index.php?ntid=10810&ntpid=2] Since then, the novel has attracted a small following, being sold through print on demand technology.
References
*cite book
last = Burrows
first = Robert
title = The Great American Parade
format = paperback
edition = 1st
year = 2002
id = 0972357505
*cite book
last = Burrows
first = Robert
title = The Great American Parade
origyear = 2002
edition = 2nd
year = 2003
location = world wide web
pages = 217
External links
* [http://www.bobburrows.org/ Author's web site]
* [http://www.bobburrows.org/q_page_2.php Full text of "The Great American Parade"]
* [http://www.studlife.com/media/paper337/news/2004/02/04/Cadenza/the-Great.American.Parade-596594.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.studlife.com Review of "The Great American Parade"]
* [http://www.dailyvidette.com/media/paper420/news/2002/11/07/EZone/Book-Review.the.Great.American.Parade-316973.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.dailyvidette.com Review of "The Great American Parade"]
* [http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/23706 MetaFilter thread on "The Great American Parade"]
* [http://www.bizwiz.com/bizwizwire/pressrelease/2652/8f8e47f4x47e4jeje8j.htm Press release from the book's internet publisher]
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