Author Biopsies Modern Social and Political Trends

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ — There is a shortage of modern authors who tackle current social and cultural issues with biting fictional commentary in the greatest tradition of Ayn Rand. “The Kicker of St. John’s Wood” (published by iUniverse) by Gary Wolf uses the backdrop of a near future America to highlight looming issues that threaten to dismantle the American geo-political system.

“The Kicker of St. John’s Wood” opens with main character Jayesh Blackstone, the place kicker for the New Mexico Coyotes, kicking a game-winning field goal in the run up to the 2020 Super Bowl. After the game, he is interviewed by a reporter for a women’s sports magazine who insists on pegging him as a great “Indian” football star despite the fact that that Blackstone has never even been to India. This is the first of many shots that “The Kicker of St. John’s Wood” takes at cultural collocating.

Intertwined with healthy doses of political intrigue, biting social indictment and imaginative foretelling, “The Kicker of St. John’s Wood” depicts a future where global interests have overtaken national interests. It forecasts a future where the power to affect one’s government and the world no longer lies in the hands of the people, but rather with powerful individuals who use the world stage to play out their power struggles.

        It was a statement from Azala. He was seated at a simple desk; there
        were no other furnishings and no decorations, other than the seal of
        the United Nations on the wall behind him. "Mr. Blackstone," he said,
        in a calm and monotone voice, "you have ignored our call for help.
        This was your chance to make history. The Super Bowl is an
        institution whose time has come and gone. It is a relic of an era
        that must be forgotten, wiped out, erased from our collective memory.
        We are liberating our own people from the yoke of American
        imperialism, and at the same time helping America progress into the
        new era. But you have turned your back on us."

Embracing controversy from the outset, “The Kicker of St. John’s Wood” focuses an assiduous lens at the pantheon of contemporary idols. Wolf crafts a literary journey into the American collective psyche of the twenty-first century. Oleg Atbashian of the satirical political website The People’s Cube described Wolf’s writing as “smart, profound, engaging. . .it’s Atlas Shrugged meets 1984.”

Gary Wolf was born in Albany and raised in Long Island, NY. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor’s in political science from State University of New York at Buffalo. Wolf went on to earn a master’s degree in international relations from Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is a technical writer for the software industry and has worked as a researcher, journalist and ghost writer. He has also written “The Embracer,” “Shaya,” “Alternating Worlds” and “Workshop of the Second Self.”

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