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Crooked

by Austin Grossman

"Reimagines the cold war as an epic battle against the occult waged by the ultimate American antihero--Richard Nixon" -- What if our nation's worst president was actually a pivotal figure caught in a desperate struggle between ordinary life and horrors from another reality? Richard Milhous Nixon faced down the Russians, the Chinese, and ultimately his own government. Here for the first time-- in his own words-- the terrifying supernatural secret he stumbled upon as a young man, the truth behind the Cold War, and the truth behind the Watergate cover-up. What if the man we call our worst president was, in truth, our greatest?

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?