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Christopher Buckley

Christopher Buckley's most recent novel is Has Anyone Seen My Toes? (2022).

I Used to Write Satire. Current Events Put Me out of a Job.

Forty years ago, I published a novel that opened with a president refusing to vacate the White House. That was when America could still take a joke.

February 5, 2026

Christopher Buckley

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