This book, I’ll admit, surprised me quite a bit. What starts out as a collection of high brow fat jokes turns out to be a surprisingly warm story about a good man in a situation he never asks for while also displaying a cutting commentary on contemporary politics. The set-up: William Howard Taft wakes up in our current world after a hundred year hibernation and becomes reluctantly immersed in the current political scene when a grassroots movement, inspired by him, springs up. Heller paints his character as a good man trying to trying to redeem the name of Taft, tarnished by an unsuccessful presidency, while trying to figure out what has and hasn't changed since his time as commander in chief. -  Danny