Sunshine Assassins.Sunshine Assassins John F. Miglio Capricorn Publishing c/o Online Review of Books 7536 Circuit Drive, Citrus Heights, CA 95610 0977475727, $15.99, 240 pages, www.capricompublishing.com A superbly crafted novel by John F. Miglio, "Sunshine Assassins" is a bone-chilling political morality fable that poses uncomfortable directions and results of America's history of blind cooperation with the corporate powers that be. Using both bleak, sarcastic humour and science fiction Armageddon Armageddon (är'məged`ən), in the New Testament, great battlefield where, at the end of the world, the powers of evil will fight the powers of good. If the usual etymology is correct, the name alludes to the frequency of battles at Megiddo. traditions, "Sunshine Assassins" is a logical development of political reality especially suited for the "Daily Show" generation, cutting across all age and culture groups. "Sunshine Assassins" is about democracy, and the lost definition of it in an America of the near future. It is about corporate manipulation of media, reality, funding, and all decision-making processes. It is about mind manipulation, even brainwashing brainwashing /brain·wash·ing/ (bran´wahsh?ing) any systematic effort aimed at instilling certain attitudes and beliefs in a person against their will, usually beliefs in conflict with prior beliefs and knowledge. brain·wash·ing (br, and the infinitely tricky business of evaluating the validity of witch hunting and vigilantism. Specifically, "Sunshine Assassins" targets the misuse of Christianity in a tradition of Corporate Christian conditioning that pervades the infrastructure. Will Americans be able to un-write their conditioned and contracted lives and retake control of both themselves and democracy? Readers of "Sunshine Assassins" may be dismayed by the premise, but they will find the emerging answers unforgettable. |
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