If you crave a light and literary escape from today’s divisive political scene, check out “A Poli-Sci-Fi Whiff of Skulduggery,” my review of Joe Ponepinto’s satiric novel Mr. Neutron (7.13 Books, release date March 2018) in the online journal Wilderness House Literary Review https://www.whlreview.com/no-12.4/review/AnnSEpstein.pdf. Ponepinto has a Dickensian deftness for naming characters and an olfactory imagination that will keep you sniffing until the end, which beats sniffling over the state of disunion. Read Mr. Neutron and permit yourself to revel in a guilt-free romp.