The Woke Iliad by George Boreas - Revision history

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You can read more about George Boreas [[:Category:George Boreas|here]].

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 All is going swimmingly, when disaster strikes. Moldova, an Eastern European statelet run by populist strongman President Bagrayev, discovers an abandoned, ex-Soviet missile bunker containing hundreds of nuclear weapons, still functional and still wired to control systems. This discovery emboldens Bagrayev to annex the neighbouring province of Transnistria. Of course, the rest of the world can't let this stand. And who better to send as a diplomat than Helen, Ambassador of Woke?
-Helen's embassy doesn't quite work out as hoped and the outraged Americans cobble together a coalition and surround Moldova by means of various submarine shenanigans. Led by the very conscientious General Womack, who must balance a posturing and nuclear-armed populist leader with the Coalition's own bickering factions, a stand off ensues...
+Helen's embassy doesn't quite work out as hoped as Helen is detained by Bagrayev, and the outraged Americans cobble together a coalition and surround Moldova by means of various submarine shenanigans. Led by the very conscientious General Womack, who must balance a posturing and nuclear-armed populist leader with the Coalition's own bickering factions, a stand off ensues...
 A satire on contemporary "woke" progressive politics ''and'' on one of its bêtes noires, the politically incorrect populist leader, ''The Woke Iliad'' is very funny. I suspect I am further to the social justice end of the political spectrum than its author, but I'm glad to say that I haven't lost my sense of humour and I think it's a shame that so many of us on the modern left have forgotten how to laugh at ourselves. There are too many one-liners to mention here but I really would like to hear some ''turbo-folk'', which is a blend of Moldovan folk music and 80s deep techno, with yodelling for vocals. The fight scenes are hilarious.

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 Cleverly plotted with reference to its source material and unafraid to poke fun at the various shibboleths of contemporary politics, ''The Woke Iliad'' is a book for anyone who still retains a sense of humour.
-If you enjoy a bit of satire taking lumps out of what we used to call ''political correctness'', you could also look at [[Crump by PJ Vanston]] pr [[Solar by Ian McEwan]].
+If you enjoy a bit of satire taking lumps out of what we used to call ''political correctness'', you could also look at [[Crump by PJ Vanston]] or [[Solar by Ian McEwan]].
 You can read more about George Boreas [[:Category:George Boreas|here]].

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-We'll soon have a review of this book.
 You can read more about George Boreas [[:Category:George Boreas|here]].