GOTCHA!

Inside Trump’s 2020 Campaign—A Novel

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Pub Date 13 Oct 2020 | Archive Date 13 Nov 2020

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Nine-time Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Ed. Weinberger, known for his work on such legendary comedies as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Cosby Show, imagines an alternate Trump 2020 presidential campaign in this hilarious new novel.

In GOTCHA! Weinberger creates a chaotic world inhabited by America’s 45th President where cheating at golf is taken for granted; Fox anchors are valued advisors; and hydroxychloroquine is promoted as a COVID-19 cure. 

Spanning the critical period from March 5, 2020 to January 24, 2021, GOTCHA! takes readers into Trump’s private world as he meets with his re-election committee, has a hush-hush dinner with Laura Ingraham, makes an angry early-morning call to Don, Jr., and asks Melania whether his bullet-proof vest makes him look fat. Trump tries to rush through a COVID-19 vaccine; attempts to build rapport with African Americans; and even gets away with shooting a protester on Fifth Avenue—an incident applauded by the NRA.  

With an entertaining mix of fiction and satire, this provocative novel looks into the corrupt, three-ring-circus that is Washington in the new normal.

Nine-time Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Ed. Weinberger, known for his work on such legendary comedies as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Cosby Show, imagines an alternate Trump 2020...


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Quick read and funny. AlI can say is read it and form your own opinion. Thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for the arc of this book in return for my honest opinion. Receiving the book in this manner had no bearing on this review.

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this was a really unique read, I appreciated the humor and the way the author writes is well done. I enjoyed reading this book and look forward to more from the author.

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Gotcha! qualifies as a gallows humor text and draws on current events to weave a story that blends fiction, fact, and farce. It’s a novel that speaks to the strange times we live in.

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Nine-time Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Ed. Weinberger, known for his work on such legendary comedies as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Cosby Show, imagines an alternate Trump 2020 presidential campaign in this hilarious new novel.

In GOTCHA! Weinberger creates a chaotic world inhabited by America’s 45th President where cheating at golf is taken for granted; Fox anchors are valued advisors; and hydroxychloroquine is promoted as a COVID-19 cure.

Spanning the critical period from March 5, 2020 to January 24, 2021, GOTCHA! takes readers into Trump’s private world as he meets with his re-election committee, has a hush-hush dinner with Laura Ingraham, makes an angry early-morning call to Don, Jr., and asks Melania whether his bullet-proof vest makes him look fat. Trump tries to rush through a COVID-19 vaccine; attempts to build rapport with African Americans; and even gets away with shooting a protester on Fifth Avenue—an incident applauded by the NRA.

With an entertaining mix of fiction and satire, this provocative novel looks into the corrupt, three-ring-circus that is Washington in the new normal.
REVIEW
The blurb for the book states that this is a work of fiction/satire. The legal statement about characters reinforces that by saying that said characters do not resemble anyone living or dead. Balderdash, hogwash, and utter nonsense. Okay, okay...I know that this is an entertaining, witty, spot-on take on an administration which should be, at the very least, caricatured in such a manner. (Editor's note - the author of this review despises the current squatter in the White House, his criminal enterprise, and their enablers.) While reading Gotcha, I felt as if I was reading the actual notes of meetings or transcripts of phone calls that now reside in the Trump Presidential Library. (Editor's note - that was satire of a hyperbolic nature.) In other words they sound just so damn real, that I found myself emitting negative comments and many naughty words as I was reading, adding to my limitless loathing. Personal feelings aside, I was really laughing my arse off. Kudos to the author for a page turning way to survive the dual pandemics we are experiencing..Covid-19 & #45. 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

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GOTCHA! follows the life and family of Donald Trump during the 2020 election. It vividly both imagines and reports on the coronavirus and how it has impacted America, along with predicting the future of January 2021, and his unwelcome stay at the White House.

I enjoyed how the novel incorporated both real-life events and educated guesses on how the presidential election would occur, and did not state any explicit biases towards both sides. Of course, even though this book is a satirical play on the Republican presidency, I did notice that it felt like just that. A satire. There were no over-the-top statements or parts of the story that threw the reader off, or created a prejudice against or with the author's point of view. I also appreciate how the author did enough research to create an image that included the world of FOX News and the other countries' leaders.

The book did a good job with the amount of quotes and politics that it included.

One thing that I would add, is that the story seemed to be kind of bland. I get that with the COVID-19 virus spreading around, (and my - possible - reading mood interference) it would be kind of hard to make other elements of a story seem important. And, I also do get that this may have been the author's point. Overall, I enjoyed the book for what it is, and I hope to make future correlations between the book and reality as time goes on!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book.

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A good and lightly amusing read, storylines felt like they were ripped straight from the newspapers of the scary future for DT. Really enjoyed this read & would recommend.

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