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Monday 8 January 2018

Award Winning Political Fiction Books 2017

By Lisa Morgan


Newspapers and magazines take away the shine whenever politics is being discussed. However, their coverage can never beat the award winning political fiction books 2017. These are novels written by authors of diverse backgrounds using unique perspectives that are incredibly captivating. They are an eye opener in a world where people relate naively to politics.

George Orwell is as relevant today as he was in 1949 when he penned 1984. This was an imagination of the future where the world is captured by three super powers. He is also the author behind the idea of thoughtcrime and newspeak as they are known today. His imagined reality caught up with the world in 1984 when Apple launched Macintosh. This novel was also a subject during Democratic primaries in 2007.

All the Kings Men is the work of Robert Warren that is also decades old. His subject is Willie Stark, a Louisiana politician who rises and falls through the pages. This is a story of sacrifices made by politicians and an interrogation of whether their hopes are realized. This literary masterpiece won the Pulitzer Prize for its exemplary narration.

What engine runs the world and who controls it? Rand Ayn creates a character who seems to have an answer to this question in his book Atlas Shrugged. Rand is a confessed capitalist apologia with other of his titles being a clear testimony. It has been rated second among the most influential books in America. Conservatives love the title because of its libertarian inclination.

The military, war and politics have been inseparable for centuries. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller does not want to treat these subjects with the seriousness many people view them. He ridicules them through his first novel that is also very impressive. He is credited for introducing new lexicon through this narrative into the English language.

Golding is a classic writer who never disappoints. His title, Lord of Flies is a testament of what he can achieve. His pet subject is civilization and an attempt to understand whether the human soul is as civilized as his material possession. He imagines a world without law and order. It is such a situation that will determine whether the soul of man is good or evil.

To Kill A Mocking Bird thrust Harper Lee into the limelight because of its classic narration. The issues explored are race and class. With Deep South of the 30s as the setting, and an 8 year old main character as the narrator, this is a classic and endearing read. His mastery of character building is remarkable, enabling his to create the most enduring characters in his class of literature. This is a debate about hypocrisy and prejudice on one hand and perseverance and justice on the other.

Yanis Varoufakis uses Adults in the Room to draw the line between theory and practice. As a lecturer and economist, he thinks he has the answer to the problems facing Greece during its economic crisis. The answer in his opinion does not lie in austerity. When he becomes the finance minister in 2015, reality strikes him that things are not always as they appear.




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