The Talk Show

The Talk Show by Joe Wenke

348 Pages

Publisher: Trans Uber LLC

Release Date: October 15, 2014

Fiction, Politics, Strip Club, Transgender, LGBTQIA+

Jack Winthrop has two Pulitzer Prizes. Abraham Lincoln Jones (ALJ) is a controversial talk show host. He contacts Jack and offers him a partnership to take the Emancipation Tour across the country talking about hot topics. ALJ and Senator Jason Bradley are shot in Manhattan. It was a warning. Jack thought he saw two shooters but cannot be sure. Now he is being targeted by Speck, a guy who also frequents the Tit for Tat strip club. When he asks others to help find out the truth, he unknowingly puts them in danger.

The story jumps around and had a slow pace. I found it hard to follow. The language is very crude – there is a lot of cursing. There are interesting characters including a transgendered woman who was a priest. I wish it was a little cleaner and written smoother. It was written in the third person point of view. It might have been a better read.