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Mike Palecek, book tour

Mike Palecek has written a book called The American Dream reflecting on the insanity of our times.

Michael M works in a group home in the small town of Homeland in Middle America. He’s an average man who graduated from Homeland Senior High School, married a Homeland girl and had Homeland kids. M wants nothing more than to win the drawing for The Home Helper Show so he can get a new kitchen and maybe a pool. An improbable accident lands him in jail as the ringleader of terrorist activities in Homeland. He’s clueless about the whole thing, believing what he’s told, believing what he wants to believe.

M is just like us. Homeland is what America could become. It’s absurd and shocking, but even when it’s totally unbelievable it’s just close enough to be terrifying.

Mike will be starting a road trip this week and we'll be posting some of his writings as he crosses the U.S.A. Let us know what you think.

Posted by Mary at March 26, 2007 09:41 PM | Guest Writings | Technorati links |