In The Wall Street Journal today (Friday the 13th), my new favorite writer Kyle Smith gave The Coup what can only be called a rave review. “The Coup,” writes Smith, film critic of The New York Post, “out-Buckleys Christopher Buckley with its foul-mouthed honchos, twisted strivers and snaky reporters, all of them slightly less deserving of respect than their counterparts in real life (or so one hopes).” After a synopsis of the plot and main characters, Smith continues “The one-man coup is so fiendishly plausible that explaining it would give away the central pleasure of Mr. Malanowski’s fast-paced and entertaining fable. But even if The Coup didn’t offer such machine-tooled plotting, it would be a delight for its punchy dialogue and such cheerfully sordid characters.”
Wow! I’m woozy. Thanks, Kyle. To read the review in its entirity, click here.