Broken Piano for President

(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted illegally.) Regular readers will remember Midwestern bizarro author Patrick Wensink, whose previous titles Sex Dungeon......more

This book is a bizarro fiction novel. Bizarro fiction is a literary genre where weirdness is the primary characteristic. Since this book has become very well known due to the news story about the cease and desist letter (regarding the cover design) from Jack Daniel’s going viral, the book will be ma......more

Recently, “Publishers Weekly” reviewed Patrick Wensink's “Broken Piano for President.” To say that they panned it is an understatement. To say that they couldn't be bothered to actually review it is another. Here's the link: [URL not allowed]-1.... I'd like to take this space to a......more

4.5 stars This book was published on my birthday. That alone makes this book awesome! Plus, I purchased the Wensinkian gift pack that came with a download of ear-bleeding music that's featured in the book (via the band, Lothario Speedwagon); the book itself (signed by the author himself); and an audi......more

I wanted to like this book, really I did. The premise sounded great, and the fist few pages were pretty funny. But then the attempts at humor just began to grow tedious, as if the book kept winking at me over its shoulder to tell me how funny it was being. If only it had been as clever as it purport......more