A review by pbanditp
The Auctioneer, by Joan Samson
4.0
This is real life horror; start with a friendly donation to help the local police raise money to hire more deputies. Things go so well that they ask for more donations, sure, I guess that’ll be all right. Then it comes to subtle threats, accidents around town, and suddenly you don’t dare say no.
Metaphorically, is this the government taking from the constituents? The haves taking from the have nots? Or is this like religion, with threats of hell if you don’t tithe to the church? Possibly it is all three.
Follow John and his family, his community, as this idyllic New Hampshire town spirals out of control. Should you run and leave all you know? Should you stand and fight and risk your family? Or would you become one of the enforcers as a deputy?
Reading this felt like it should be mentioned with the best dystopian classics. Animal Farm, 1984, Brave New World, This Perfect Day, The Auctioneer.
Metaphorically, is this the government taking from the constituents? The haves taking from the have nots? Or is this like religion, with threats of hell if you don’t tithe to the church? Possibly it is all three.
Follow John and his family, his community, as this idyllic New Hampshire town spirals out of control. Should you run and leave all you know? Should you stand and fight and risk your family? Or would you become one of the enforcers as a deputy?
Reading this felt like it should be mentioned with the best dystopian classics. Animal Farm, 1984, Brave New World, This Perfect Day, The Auctioneer.