Than the situation in which we actually find ourselves. Get spun forward into the near future has made you think that aĬhocolate Lenin roaming the countryside is no less outrageous or absurd That biting social commentary woven onto actual historical facts that When you are about to dismiss the most absurd occurrences, you realize Yarn that you know you can’t possibly take seriously, but then just In cheek humor that the bulge is noticeable. Heirs of decayed demagogues, buffered by thugs stealing bread fromĬhildren’s mouths.”), it’s science that makes you call up your smartįriends from college to explain micro-biology, and it’s tongue so firmly Is not relinquished we shall vanquish this new set of privileged, these Those who believe the battle lost, leave now! The rest stay. It’s history that makes you go look up Lenin’s speeches (e.g., What satirical speculative fiction was until I picked up this book.

But then I realized this was a completelyĭifferent genre told by a man with a very unique wit. Thought perhaps Roald Dahl (Willy Wonka) and Michael Crichton hadĭecided to co-author a book. He gone mental?” But then I realized that his satirical speculativeįiction had “succeeded beyond my wildest imagination.” At times I So it is with this book by Graham Diamond. He turned that lump, that fleshy amalgam of rum-infusedĬhocolate DNA fiber into something the world’s never seen. Like one of the mainĬharacters, I found myself asking “has everyone gone mental? Are weĬhasing a walking, talking, chocolate bar?” And likeĪnother character replied, I found myself thinking “in a perverted way

Ultimately, however, theįire he ignites may lead to a global meltdown…Ĭhocolate Lenin is an outrageous book.

The populace, and then incite them to action. Something in the words he says, and how he says them, that begin to melt Though the people initially mock him, there is A 'man' from the past, either conjured or confected by aīrilliant scientist, is moving through the country, and moving the Miraculous apparition can recreate the October Revolution, but this time A REVIEW OF CHOCOLATE LENIN by JT Kalnay, published author of Mina's Eyes, and other novels.Ĭorruption reigns in Russia.

Chocolate Lenin by Graham Diamond