When Bush Appears for Divine Judgment…
George W. Bush enters the Oval Office on the wings of a stolen election and presides over eight years of imperial atrocity, from war to torture to environmental devastation…
… but now, he must answer to God!
In this opening work of Abdiel LeRoy's multi-volume Verses Versus Empire series, we revisit the horrors of 9/11 and the desecration of Constitutional rights that followed. We recall too the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the execution of Saddam Hussein, and the 'Financial Crisis' of 2008.
LeRoy has chronicled these key events, and many more, through the lens of exquisite poetry, crafting in the process a monument of unprecedented literary achievement. His moods range from light-hearted satire and bawdy wordplay to searing irony and melancholic lament, and his verse forms vary from couplets to sonnets, entertaining the reader throughout.
Here speaks a prophetic and poetic voice for our age.
"A brave new presence in the politics of the globe."
San Francisco Review of Books
“If you wanted to extend the critical view of American political history into the present beyond Gore Vidal’s ‘Biography of the United States of America,’ these books would be the ticket… A joy to read and an invitation to keep your eyes open as to what is really going on.”
Rogier F. van Vlissingen
“LeRoy’s words dance around the page so lyrically that a story emerges… It’s not just about Bush, but his era, the history, the events that may not be remembered by all. The most heart-wrenching is ‘Olympus Shook’ in relation to 9/11, and then ‘Doomsday’, on the aftermath.”
Amy’s Bookshelf Reviews, Top-10 Books of 2019
“So well done. A remarkable command of the language and great sensitivity. And doing all this in an entirely new way, wading into (almost) unexplored literary territory.”
Claude Forthomme
“Abdiel LeRoy’s poetry and prose offer intellectual nourishment for critical thinkers and seekers of truth… I highly recommend this book and its companion editions to anyone who seeks to escape from the ‘Matrix’.”
Annemarie M. Osborne
