Splintered Once upon a time, Pinocchio was a real boy who couldn’t tell a lie. Now he has just one week to undo the spell, or he will end his days as a worthless splinter of wood, but to do that, he’s going to need the help of a drunken fairy and a family of talking insects Part satire, par
| Title | : | Splintered |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.74 (957 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1515123561 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 428 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-01 |
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Once upon a time, Pinocchio was a real boy who couldn’t tell a lie. Now he’s a politician who can’t seem to tell the truth. As a junior analyst with a powerful lobby firm, nobody was more anonymous than Pinocchio. But when a chance encounter leads to his being labeled, “The Last Honest Man in Washington,” Pinocchio becomes the toast of the town - and an unwitting pawn in a corrupt congressman’s political game. With his new career taking a toll on his marriage - and his relationship with his aging father - Pinocchio finally tells a lie so outrageous that he reverses the magic that once made him a “real man,” and he transforms back into a wooden puppet - live on C-SPAN. Now he has just one week to undo the spell, or he will end his days as a worthless splinter of wood, but to do that, he’s going to need the help of a drunken fairy and a family of talking insects Part satire, part thriller, Splintered is a ge
Editorial : "Flawless!""Splintered is such a charming novelLondon wrote the novel in a fluid way that felt effortless."-Rabia Tanveer for Readers' Favorite
"A stroke of genius""I loved this book. LOVED itThe interweaving of a fairy tale in such a politically based story was a stroke of geniusSplintered would be enjoyed by any lover of inventive fiction, fairy tales, writing related to politics, suspense, or just a great, funny readI am very much looking forward to seeing what author Thomas London has in store for his readers."-Tracy Slowiak for Readers' Favorite
At one point he asks "In the name of what God or what ideal, do you forbid me to live according to my nature?But I gradually came to wonder whether God really exacted such constraints, whether it was not impious to be in continual rebellion, whether such rebellion was not against Him."
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