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Beneath the Axis of Evil: One Man's Journey into the Horrors of War (Paperback)

~ Neal Pollack (Author)

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Axis of Evil is funnier and more assured than his first book...Long live Neal Pollack. -- Johns Hopkins Journal of American Politics

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On September 11, 2001, the world was shaken to its foundations unlike on any other foundation-shaking day in the history of the world. Fortunately, Neal Pollack was a few miles away, In Brooklyn, and it only took him couple of hours to start writing.

Unlike any other writer since September 11, Pollack has had unrestricted access to world leaders and their evil plans to kill us all. He's traveled millions of miles, sometimes flying coach, to get the interviews and suck the dust necessary to shake us from our grief stupor. Beneath The Axis Of Evil is a tour of the interlocking circles of this Dantesque world. With passionate reporting, Pollack gives voice to the voiceless, and also voice to people who are on television all the time, but are still important. Life is a game and we are its pawns. Pollack understands that, and he has crafted a uniquely American account of our ongoing war and the end of the world that will endure against the events of September 11, 2001 and win the National Book Award. A lone copy will be found by survivors a decade from now, and to reclaim hope from the ashes of their shattered lives, they will hail it as the new gospel.

Pescient, thoughtful, with a chest made of brick, Neal Pollack is the only writer today who matters.

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Paperback: 62 pages
Publisher: So New Media (January 25, 2003)
ISBN-10: 0972763600
ISBN-13: 978-0972763608

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Welcome -- If Brief -- Offering from Neal Pollack, February 20, 2003

By	"andrewexum" (Savannah, GA) - See all my reviews

When people look back upon the gonzo literary career of Neal Pollack, it's tough to reckon what they will make of his second book, "Beneath the Axis of Evil: One Man's Journey into the Horrors of War." Much shorter than his first book, "The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature", "Beneath the Axis of Evil" primarily serves to whet the appetite of Pollack fans eagerly awaiting the upcoming publication of his first novel. All the same, "Beneath the Axis of Evil" -- despite its brevity -- features a consistency and focus missing in Pollack's first book, a loose collection of humorous essays. Though entertaining, Pollack's essays lacked a common thread. "Beneath the Axis of Evil", however, should excite Pollack fans wondering how Pollack's writing has evolved in the years since his publication of "Anthology." Working with only 62 pages, Pollack doesn't overextend himself. The result is rewarding; Pollack's humor is a narrowly focused laser aimed without mercy at the circus of the absurd that is our global "War on Terror." I highly recommend this funny, subversive offering from Neal Pollack.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Funny(ish), July 15, 2003

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Neal Pollack is in danger of fully earning his one-trick-pony reputation. This book has a few great moments (the chapter on The New Poverty chief among them), but otherwise it's rather repetitive. Neal Pollack's a funny man, but if all he can do is parody journalists and make cheap references to people that mean nothing to the average reader, then it's time we find someone else on whom to hoist the mantle of Savior of Literary Humor.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff, March 17, 2003

By	William D. Michie "bill" (New York City, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Every sentence is a hilarious surprise. Like all 4 Marx brothers doing a remix of everything all at once. It's short but packed with laffs that will appeal to the high- and low-brow in everyone.

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