The Candidates: Based on a True Country
by Matthew S. Hiley
Fresh on the heels of ‘Hubris Falls’, Matthew S. Hiley’s acclaimed first novel, comes ‘The Candidates: Based On A True Country’, which is sure to keep those who appreciate his dark wit ecstatic.
Skip LaDouche and Harry Pinko are the two frontrunners campaigning for the Presidency of the United States. They are what we’ve come to expect from our leaders: self-serving and unqualified.
When Kimmy Faimwhorre, the reality television star that they are both having an affair with, turns up murdered, the candidates take campaigning to its most primal form… complete and total destruction of the opposition.
Nothing is sacred in this violently comic short novel from Matthew S. Hiley. Politics-as-usual and pop-culture are thoroughly skewered in one of the most absurd and entertaining stories ever told.
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***MY HONEST REVIEW OF THE CANDIDATES***
Skip LaDouche and Harry Pinko were opposing candidates
running for the office of President of the United States. It became a no holds
barred candidacy. What ensues is chaos.
The author succeeded in capturing the essence of political
competitiveness. I laughed until I cried reading the bungling and mishaps going
on. It made me wish that elections really did happen this way. I enjoyed the
way the book began too. Mr. Hiley has a gift of storytelling. This being the
second book that I have read by this author, as expected, it didn’t disappoint.
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**The above opinions are 100%
my own, whether I purchased the book or it was given to me.
If you would like to read my review on Baseball Dads, another of Mr. Hiley's books, go HERE.
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About the Author
Matthew S. Hiley was born and raised in Forth Worth, Texas. He attended Texas Christian University, and then Northwood University, where he met his wife. They have four children together, along with five dogs, six cats, and two lizards (he's into the animal rescue thing).
After finding success for several years in the business world, Hiley decided to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming a writer. In 2010 he published his first novel, Hubris Falls, which was met with many rave reviews. Hubris Falls dealt, in very raw language, with the taboo realities in race, religion, and politics.
In 2011, tired of the sewer-cycle of politics and pop-culture the country had become submerged in, he published his second novel, The Candidates: Based on a True Country. This dark and absurd comedy took swipes at the hypocrisy and self-serving nature of those leading the country, as well as the fame-whores in reality television.
A terrible musician, a reprehensible fisherman, a less-than-mediocre golfer, and a talentless children's baseball coach, Hiley has found his place in life as a writer whose voice is sharp, witty, and unafraid.
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