The Trial of Nonsense Three Comic Satires About Power, Rules, and Human Vanity

his book is one comic trilogy told in three different languages: fantasy, courtroom comedy, and philosophical fable. Story One asks what happens when power changes the clock. If yesterday disappears, citizens cannot remember what was promised, delayed, denied, or broken. Story Two asks what happens when power changes the rulebook. If a rule is hidden until after the punishment, law becomes a trap instead of a warning. Story Three asks what happens when mankind changes the words around its own vanity. If civilization is so wise, why must it explain away hunger, cruelty, fear, and reputation so often? Together, the three stories make one argument: democracy and justice depend on memory, fair warning, honest reasons, and ordinary people who keep asking the question power most dislikes: explain why. The stories are exaggerated on purpose. They are not offered as factual accounts. They are comic tests. When a clock stops, wind it. When a rule appears from nowhere, challenge it. When a speech smells like vanity, let the dog sniff it.

Pagina's: 158, Paperback, Independently published