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A Novel of College Life and Political Terror by Gene H. Bell-Villada How and why does a college kid become a radical, possibly a terrorist, in the early 1970's? The mystery is why the mainstream media narrators fail to understand their own story. This wild tale predicts the current war in Peru and the pseudo-debate about political correctness. A marvelous spoof of Gothics, Harlequins, college life and the way the American mind works, or doesn't work.
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"Bell-Villada's thought-provoking novel both satirizes and illuminates the crippling of rational political discourse at a time when we need it most. This book deserves close attention from a wide audience." Read the full review | ||
| "Since I first read the book--and I have to confess to reading seven or eight times by now--I have been continually amazed at the way real-life events and people seem to have been taken 'straight out of CARLOS CHADWICK.' Life, politics, and academics will never look the same after you read this book." |
| -- Avi Chomsky, Associate Professor of History, Salem State College, MA |
| The central conceit -- the cult of 'balance' and centrism, and how that's linked to various kinds of selective blindness -- is GREAT. The satire and the aphorisms are mordant. Very funny, trenchant stuff. |
| -- Carol McGuirk, Florida Atlantic University |
| Seductively readable, page by page. The portrait of the small New England liberal arts college is wonderful, and Livie has to be the girl you love to hate. |
| -- Mary Lusky Friedman, Wake Forest University |
| Intriguing, and for those of us already disillusioned with the common American ideologies, even fun. |
| -- Mike Gunderloy, Fact Sheet Five |
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