Rating (1-5) 📘📘📘
Genre - Political Fiction, Satire, Humorous American Literature
Format - Harcover
Length - 240 pages
*Amazon Blurb*
As the host of Radio Free Vermont--"underground, underpowered, and underfoot"--seventy-two-year-old Vern Barclay is currently broadcasting from an "undisclosed and double-secret location." With the help of a young computer prodigy named Perry Alterson, Vern uses his radio show to advocate for a simple yet radical idea: an independent Vermont, one where the state secedes from the United States and operates under a free local economy. But for now, he and his radio show must remain untraceable, because in addition to being a lifelong Vermonter and concerned citizen, Vern Barclay is also a fugitive from the law.
In Radio Free Vermont, Bill McKibben entertains and expands upon an idea that's become more popular than ever--seceding from the United States. Along with Vern and Perry, McKibben imagines an eccentric group of activists who carry out their own version of guerilla warfare, which includes dismissing local middle school children early in honor of 'Ethan Allen Day' and hijacking a Coors Light truck and replacing the stock with local brew. Witty, biting, and terrifyingly timely, Radio Free Vermont is Bill McKibben's fictional response to the burgeoning resistance movement.
*My Review*
This was a fun book and is also another one that I am having a hard time thinking of a way to explain my review on it. Vern uses the power of radio to suggest the state of Vermont break away from the United States. He provides reasons and also promotes Vermont businesses. You'd think that the state would appreciate his trying to have everyone come together, instead he is considered a fugitive.
I think my favorite part is how he helps one of his friends get a new home built for free.
It's a quick read and I think you'll enjoy it if you like rebellion and humor.
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