Roy Blount Jr
“Oh God. It rings true.”
— Roy Blount Jr, Author of 24 books, including Save Room for Pie, Alphabet Juice, and About Three Bricks Shy of a Load.
Betsy West
“A dysfunctional family moves into a dystopian future created by a so-called Great Leader who keeps postponing elections. It’s a nightmare, but why am I laughing so hard? Richard Dresser’s It Happened Here is the witty, resonant story we need right now.”
— Betsy West, Codirector of RBG and Fred W. Friendly Professor Emerita at Columbia Journalism School
Lewis Black
“This book is as astonishing as it is extraordinary. Richard Dresser has stared into the wounded chasm that is our political division and in it seen the intersection where reality meets fiction. He has found the heartbeat of our nightmare in the American family. With a cold eye and deep compassion, he has crafted a tale in which deep sadness gives hope and in which deep darkness brings laughter. Truly a worthy read.”
— Lewis Black, Actor, Comedian, Playwright, Longest-Running Cast Member of The Daily Show, and New York Times Best-Selling Author of Nothing’s Sacred and Me of Little Faith
Peter Quinn
“Richard Dresser’s It Happened Here is a witheringly funny, presciently wise, and deeply alarming account of a nation’s corruption and a family’s redemption. If you still believe a single leader can’t poison a nation’s soul, if you imagine the worst won’t come to pass, if you presume the current assault on our Constitution will fail, then for your own good and the good of our country, wake up and read his powerful, important novel. Dresser’s fiction pulsates with truth. Don’t say you weren’t warned.”
— Peter Quinn, Award-Winning Author of Hour of the Cat, The Man Who Never Returned, Looking for Jimmy, and The Banished Children of Eve