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Dead Souls: An American Poem
A sequel to Gogol's Russian classic Dead Souls.
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About Dead Souls: An American Poem

With the purchase of voter registration lists and local newspaper obituaries, Tchitchikov has concocted a way to harvest the perfectly good votes of rather dead voters. With his compatriot and ride, Selifan, the two travel through Florida’s Congressional Districts to sell his seemingly lively congregation to power-hungry Congresspeople. But when they offer their dead voters to James Kingston, of the legendary Kingston political dynasty, Tchitchikov’s game is turned against him. Tchitchikov is blackmailed into digging up dirt on Kingston’s opponent, Representative Fairwell—a decent man in an indecent time. Tchitchikov must either betray the political revolution unfolding before him—and the new family he’s made with them—or lose everything.

About Matthew Keefer

Matthew Keefer received Honorable Mention in the 2019 and 2020 L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contests, and won first place in the 35th “On the Premises” contest. His site is www.matthewkeefer.com and he runs a music blog at www.musicravings.com.

Check out his two volumes of “The Keeper of Dreams.”

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