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A Political Fable

by Robert Coover · 1980

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Originally published as a short story "The Cat in the Hat for President" in New American Review, 1968.

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humorhumorMore like thisLess of thissatiresatireMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 88 pages

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