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OOF: An Online Outrage Fiesta for the ages Paperback – April 1, 2021

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Award-winning novelist and cultural critic Strobe Witherspoon interrogates his own profession. It goes terribly.

"Wildly entertaining ...Sometimes sad and sometimes hilarious, Witherspoon's timely metafictional novel explores the ways (mis)information can shape public discourse in the digital media age." – Publishers Weekly

”Strikingly original ...an innovative literary experiment that supplies a thoughtful commentary on the 'discourse virus' of our age ...Witherspoon tackles a broad spectrum of media, including comically scathing excerpts from tweets, podcasts, blogs, and even academic journals and also keenly exposes the ways in which Strobe, the character, is implicated in his own online assault, due to his obsessive attachment to public life.” – Kirkus Reviews

OOF explores the role of satire in a society lurching from one ridiculous crisis to the next, where media outlets rely on clicks to stay alive and everything is filtered through a lens of anger and misinformation.

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Strobe Witherspoon just sold his latest satirical novel for a lot of money. The book in question, FLOTUS: A Memoir, is a fictitious autobiography about a former first lady of the United States reflecting on years of misery at the hands of her much older POTUS husband. When a chapter is leaked in advance of the book's publication, an Online Outrage Fiesta (OOF) ensues via news outlets, blogs, Twitter, troll farms, and everything in between. Witherspoon has his life placed under a microscope. Family secrets are exposed. Now, an anthology has been put together to document Witherspoon’s downfall—and settle the score.
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”an impressive achievement of unflinching honesty from a noteworthy talent, as resonant and relevant as it is entertaining ...OOF tugs at the threads that connect American cynicism with radical extremism and weaves a character-rich tapestry of insight ...Each voice, whether of a New Yorker journalist or an Internet influencer, is rendered with uncanny fidelity. Perhaps most masterful is that key events are not depicted but merely alluded to, allowing the text to provide an elegant framework for a more personal story painted almost invisibly in the negative space.”– BlueInk Review
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It can always get stupider... humorously depicted political culture

"cutting and reflective, a close to the bone societal mirror." - Indiereader

"Strikingly original." - Kirkus Reviews

"An impressive achievement of unflinching honesty." - Blueink

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"an intelligent and reflective book...cutting and reflective, a close-to-the-bone societal mirror ...A valiant attempt at satirizing the almost-too-ludicrous-for-satire world of the online hot take." - IndieReader

"a work of pure creative genius, engaging and thought-provoking ...You know that you are in for a treat when an author makes fun of himself, as Witherspoon wears two hats as an inquisitor general and heretic at the same time." - Readers' Favorite (5 out of 5 stars)

"entertaining and thought-provoking, OOF combines satire and serious social inspection in a novel format that will intrigue literary, political, and social issues readers alike." - Midwest Book Review

"a sly satire that imagines a world overrun by Internet toxicity." -Foreword

"Those interested in "the low art of chronicling human stupidity" will not be able to put this book down ...Fans of works like Dear Committee Members will immediately find a new favorite in this book." - US Review of Books

About the Author

Witherspoon's first novel, furtl, was a 2014 Kirkus Reviews book of the year selection. The absurd near future of that novel became not-so-absurd one year later.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marginal Books (April 1, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 266 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0578889854
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0578889856
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.67 x 8 inches
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Witherspoon’s first novel, furtl, was a 2014 Kirkus Reviews book of the year selection. The absurd near future of that novel became not-so-absurd one year later.

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H.S
5.0 out of 5 stars Quite interesting
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2022
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If satire is your cup of tea, then this might become part of your book collection. It takes a look at the world of digital media and its significant impact on how we behave. Whether it's about cancelled culture, or how we are engrossed in swiping through heaps of content; the consumption of media has taken over our lives in many ways. The book explores these concepts in a funny and sarcastic way. The language is easy to follow, and the themes throughout this book aim at questioning contemporary culture and circumstances. It's creatively written and a reflection of the digital media age where tweets and emails are the norm. It also takes a close look at misinformation and how news like that can circulate really fast!
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Celeste S
4.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2021
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“OOF: An Online Outrage Fiesta for the Ages” is a thought-provoking and out-of-the-ordinary novel written by Strobe Witherspoon. The book presents in an amusing and intelligent way a sharp critic to the era of information, or may be “misinformation”. It reflects how public opinion and means of communication can shape reality and create discourses that are later replicated and modified by people and social media.
After a chapter of his latest novel is leaked, the internet has a lot to say about it and about Strobe Witherspoon. This event will have a great impact on the author’s life. The writer’s story develops under the eyes of society and it turns into a global issue.
What I enjoyed the most about this book is the writing style. The plot is developed through narration and also other types of writing such as tweets, newspaper profiles, book excerpts and academic studies. I found this way of narrating and constructing the novel very clever and appealing. I really liked it and I recommend it.
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SA_ostrich
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly entertaining
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2022
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This novel grabbed me right from the very beginning – the “Note to the Reader”. The author Strobe Witherspoon has created an entertaining, unusual, and bitingly satirical novel that is, at the same time, cleverly metafictional. While some reviewers have mentioned that they find the unusual combination of different social media formats and the short chapters that jump around in the story disjointed, in my view, this is exactly the intended effect, reflecting the disjointed nature of our online communications. I found the political scandal and online meltdowns depicted in the novel both entertaining and frightening.

Witherspoon demonstrates with this novel that the barrage of news snippets and facts we are bombarded with online, and our own discourses and responses to them, are about as connected to reality as a work of fiction. Highly recommended.
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3.0 out of 5 stars it's okay.
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2021
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I like the writing style, but the story is somehow not working in giving the illusion that this could be an alternative reality, which is the whole premise of the book.
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George
4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious and timely
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2022
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OOF: An Online Outrage Fiesta for the Ages is not your typical novel. In the book, the character/author Strobe Witherspoon commissioned to write a memoir and ended up with bidding wars, witty comments from the author itself, memes, twitter wars, articles and blogs.
In this book, the author demonstrated the misuse of information dissemination through the internet that inspires misinformation and the spread of fake news. We can also read how the author tackled the issue of “memes”, a chapter that I enjoyed the most. The author did a great job indirectly and directly showing how misuse of information can ruin a life and everything else around it. I agree people have been posting a lot of idiotic things online that make us dumber every day. The author’s decision to vary his writing styles in the chapters are refreshing and entertaining. I laughed a lot with this book, I would highly recommend it.
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Martha Custis
5.0 out of 5 stars Satire at it’s Finest
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2022
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Strobe Witherspoon’s OOF: An Online Outrage Fiesta for the Ages, is a brilliant work of satire.
The story centers around a former FLOTUS’s memoir and the bidding war that publishers get into over it, and in particular, writer Strobe Witherspoon.
The book is cleverly crafted to show the inane bias of modern media and how easily the masses can be influenced by misinformation/selective representation of facts.
I was a bit nervous at first that the book would be overly political, but was happily surprised to see it give a balanced, though humorous outlook on the state of current affairs.
Overall, an entertaining and well written book, OOF is sure to make you laugh and maybe grimace a little at its accuracy as well.
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Kindle CustomerTeresalan
2.0 out of 5 stars OOF Review
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2022
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I chose a two started rating because even though it was extremely uniquely written, I felt disconnected while I was reading even though I could relate.

The author is a unique author. However, I did not enjoy the book
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Michael Orr
4.0 out of 5 stars Feels too real ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2023
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A sequence of how current Internet-based conspiracy cults look ... This is intended to be Satirical, but feels real. In a Qanon world, with people waiting for JFK Jr. to turn up as not only not dead, but a MAGA republican - it's hard to describe anything that will be satirically exaggerated
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