{"product_id":"cry-wolf-isbn-9781933771427","title":"Cry Wolf","description":"\u003ci\u003eCry Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e is an Animal Farm for the 21st century: a brilliant allegory of the political challenges we face in post-9\/11 America. The farm animals' struggle to maintain their way of life against an influx of change is a powerful commentary on the importance of balancing freedom with justice, and on how easily even the best of intentions can destroy a community too caught up with what is \"fair\" to do what is right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLake's novel raises questions of in the heart of every devoted citizen: Does political correctness ever trump law? Should safety ever be compromised for the sake of inclusion? Are big government and judicial systems tools to create order, or do they provide chaos?\"Lake writes vividly and characterizes shrewdly, producing an anti-immigration fable more polished than Orwell's anti-Communist satire.\"\u003ci\u003e —Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What seems, at first, a gentle fable about farm animals who enjoy a kind of ordered liberty, turns quickly into a grim allegory about man's dark impulse toward the collective.\" —Laurie Morrow, political columnist, \u003ci\u003eThe Montpelier Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A charming and chilling fable that underscores the fragility of a world achieved with great difficulty and so easily undone by good intentions gone awry.\" —The Reverend John Newhaus, editor in chief, \u003ci\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In the great tradition of George Orwell's \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e. I can only hope that it will be as widely read and will be as powerful an influence as was Orwell's masterpiece in awakening civilization to its present deadly peril.\" —\u003ci\u003eAmerican Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The inner logic of \u003ci\u003eCry Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e is just right. Cleverly devised and well developed.\" —\u003ci\u003eChronicles\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"John Lennon sang 'Imagine there's no countries, and no religions, too'. In his superb limpid allegory, Paul Lake imagines these very things with terrifying precision.\" —Les Murray, poet and winner, TS Eliot Award\u003cb\u003ePaul Lake\u003c\/b\u003e is an English and creative writing professor at Arkansas Tech University and the poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmong the Immortals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnother Kind of Travel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWalking Backward\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Russellville, Arkansas.","brand":"BenBella Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301740630245,"sku":"NP9781933771427","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781933771427.jpg?v=1742924954","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/cry-wolf-isbn-9781933771427","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}