The Talk Show by Joe Wenke

348 Pages
Publisher: Trans Uber LLC
Release Date: October 15, 2014

Fiction, Politics, Strip Club, Transgender, LGBTQIA+

Jack Winthrop has two Pulitzer Prizes. Abraham Lincoln Jones (ALJ) is a controversial talk show host. He contacts Jack and offers him a partnership to take the Emancipation Tour across the country talking about hot topics. ALJ and Senator Jason Bradley are shot in Manhattan. It was a warning. Jack thought he saw two shooters but cannot be sure. Now he is being targeted by Speck, a guy who also frequents the Tit for Tat strip club. When he asks others to help find out the truth, he unknowingly puts them in danger.

The story jumps around and had a slow pace. I found it hard to follow. The language is very crude – there is a lot of cursing. There are interesting characters including a transgendered woman who was a priest. I wish it was a little cleaner and written smoother. It was written in the third person point of view. It might have been a better read.

This was such a fun read! I loved the zany characters and it was very fast paced. It is well written and paints the story of our society.
Many thanks to Trans Uber LLC and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

I was excited about getting this one to read, but I have to say I was sort of disappointed. The language is not the best and some of what the characters believed in is not my cup of tea, but that is just my opinion. Others may really like this one so you should give it a shot for yourself! Sorry!

Abe Jones is a controversial person.but he has masterminded the Emancipation Tour. Abe had called jack who was a Pulitzer winning journalist who worked for the N Y Times. Abe wants jack to collaborate on Abe’s national Emancipation tour. - a traveling talk show. Abe believes this tour will bring back truth to the American people. Jack helped Abe to design his program for the tour. Jack was in the audience when Abe was shot where Abe had his speaking engagement. Jack thought he had seen two shooters aim at Abe. Jack looked away for a minute and one shooter was gone. Jack swore he would find out who shot Abe. Jack’s second home was the Tit For Tat Strip Club. Jack has some people helping him try to solve this puzzle like Don who is a former homicide detective for NYPD also Danny who is a media expert. Then don is found dead in his apartment. Jack fears he has endangered his second family including Donna who is a stripper and has Jack’s heart.
I didn’t really care for this story for several reasons. First I thought there was way too much swearing you don’t need all that kind of language to get your point across.Although the writing was good considering. There was also a lot of racial slurs.The writing style was a little weird as far as I am concerned and for some reason I didn’t enjoy it. The story was also slow moving for the most part and I had a lot of problems keeping any interest in this story. I was disappointed with this story.