A Feast of Freedom
A Humor, Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy book. World opinion, though sharply divided on nuclear tests and the risk of atmospheric pollution, could...
While visiting cannibals on a small South Pacific island, the Vice President of the United States gets into a stew - literally - causing an international incident that only Leonard Wibberley could concoct.A Feast of Freedom is a brilliant spoof of international affairs - an irresistible blend of humor and satire that is as delightful, as timely, and as deliciously cunning as The Mouse That Roared.
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Tribal Chief 1: The will of the people is what is best. That is what democracy meansTribal Chief 2: But if the people dont know what they are talking about, how can that be the best? Leonard Wibberley, A Feast of Freedom // There are worse things than eating the dead, my dear fellow. Far worse things. There is, for instance, making a huge profit out of their funeral, which is the normal custom in the civilized world. Leonard Wibberley, A Feast of Freedom // World opinion, though sharply divided on nuclear tests and the risk of atmospheric pollution, could congratulate itself on being united in its opposition to cannibalism. No country in the world was prepared to support the custom of eating the dead, though the right of governments to kill people, individually or by hundreds of thousands, was not questioned for a moment. Leonard Wibberley, A Feast of Freedom //
I have to confess i didn't buy this book. Someone left it on the table in canteen, i have read it right there for around 20 pages then there's a woman was staring at me that i realized this book might be hers. I returned it and went straight to the library. So lucky i found the book. The story reminds me of Don Quixote USA of Richard... A Feast of Freedom was first published in 1964 right after the assassination of John F. Kennedy and at the escalation of the Vietnam Warwhen America was in no mood for a satire in which the Vice President gets eaten. So it was overlooked.Which is too bad because it's as fun and entertaining as The Mouse That Roared.Now that it's finally... Noted in my 1966 diary but no comments beyond 2.5 stars.
