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Slain by Slakey: Limericks Inspired by Trump Paperback – November 4, 2017

by Tom Slakey (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
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These are humorous limericks poking less-than-gentle fun at the Commander-in-Chief. They are a war of words, where the pen is mightier than the sword, or so we can hope.
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    62 pages
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    English
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    November 4, 2017
  4. Dimensions
    5.24 x 0.13 x 7.99 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1979481318
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1979481311
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Tom Slakey has lived an adventurous life. He grew up in Annapolis, MD and Santa Fe, NM, and attended the superb St. John's College Great Books program, reading the greatest written works of the Western world in all the disciplines from literary to scientific. He has worked as a computer programmer, technical writer, and teacher. He taught high school math in French in Mali, West Africa, where Timbuktu is, and English in Tokyo, Japan, living in each place for about three years, and in Mexico for a year. He has traveled in 53 countries, and trekked to 18,700 feet high on the slopes of Mt. Everest in Nepal. He has dabbled in 13 languages, gaining an FSI rating of 4 (educated non-native speaker) in French and 3 (the level needed to work at an embassy desk) in Spanish, Bambara, and Fulani.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (November 4, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 62 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1979481318
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1979481311
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.56 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.24 x 0.13 x 7.99 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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5.0 out of 5 stars Admirable and welcome
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2018
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Five outta five. Reading these is like making the Queen Anne’s Fan gesture at the White House. Satisfying and good comedy, too. The style is what P. G. Wodehouse might have called “Elizabethan”; and that if they were being performed at a small, country hall, one might hear the audience in the back row make sounds like tearing calico if they heard one they didn’t like. The limericks are a perfect fit for their topic.

Slakey calls ‘em like he sees ‘em. If Trump could issue fatwas, he might have to go into hiding. But, if there were a bet on world religious leaders being offended, I doubt it’d be profitable.

It’s not Sandburg’s I am the people, the mob. It’s not Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses. (On the other hand, Rushdie did write a limerick about Kim Kardashian.) It’s not Ashraf Fayadh’s Instructions Within. Rather closer to The Miller’s Tale. It’s a book of knee-slappers that made me say out loud, Good one, Tom!, several times.

Also it made me go to the dictionary a few times, like for mammothrept. Merriam-Webster let me write about it in their “where did you see this word?” feature. I felt like I won a vocabulary lottery when I got to say, In a book of limericks.

I’m hoping for an edition with illustrations, next.
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Gadget Freak
5.0 out of 5 stars A poetic takedown! Now we need poetic justice!
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2017
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I ordered this as a gift for a friend. When it came in the mail, I cracked it opened and took a peek. It was quite entertaining and I found myself laughing out loud. So much political opinion has the same angry talk news tone -- it was refreshing to hear a familiar perspective in an entirely new voice! At half the price of a movie ticket it was well worth it, although now that I've read the entire thing I need to buy a new copy for my friend since this one is now clearly used!
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PWS
5.0 out of 5 stars Trump Pilloried!
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2017
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This collection is brilliant and timely. One of the few weapons we have to counter the abuse of power is humor, and this book is a keen and incisive reaction to the Trump autocracy. Tom Slakey wields a razor-sharp pen as he uses the classic limerick form to simultaneously entertain and edify. To be able to laugh at our intolerable political situation gives us a moment’s respite and a tonic to revitalize our resistance. Well done!
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Crafter
1.0 out of 5 stars Dumps on Trump for sure - Poorest written limericks ever!
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2019
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I despise Trump and always have but I also love the limerick form - if done well. I applaud the author's politics but a third grader could have written better limericks. I'll never buy another book by this author.
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Justin A.
5.0 out of 5 stars Your Must Have Limericks Book of 2018!
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2018
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If you want to be the life of a (liberal) party - this is your GO TO book! Enjoy some well thought out rhetoric with depth and comic flair in this book. You will not regret owning a copy! In fact, you will regret not having one!!
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Darlene J. Frick
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, but sadly true.
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2018
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Hilarious, but the limericks are sadly true. Slakey has captured the essence of our current president with his very poignant limericks. If you want to laugh at our unlaughable situation of Mr. Trump’s antics, you must buy this book!
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Tim Connolly
5.0 out of 5 stars I've enjoyed both reading and writing limericks my whole life
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2018
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I've enjoyed both reading and writing limericks my whole life. Here is a wonderful collection of timely limericks that will help you laugh and celebrate as the author pokes fun at the USA's biggest target.
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Tait K. Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! Clever limericks that are composed well
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2017
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Excellent ! Clever limericks that are composed well.
These limericks will keep you smiling even after the term is over.
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