Christopher Buckley, Little Green Men (1999).
Good Reads meta-data is 317 pages rated 3.66 by 3,658 litizens.
Genre: Satire.
DNA: D.C.
Verdict: Reality.
Tagline: They beamed him up, but not for long.
TV Host is the Prince of D.C., then…. His smug ever so polite attack journalism irritates a minion in an deep state agency so secret it may not exist. In a fit of pique Minion hits the keyboard and things are never the same for Host again, nor for Minion. Host’s wealth, his status, his influence, his marriage, his friends, his sponsors, his home, all are soon lost. But like Phoenix he rises to become leader of the Abductees Alliance. Yes, you read that right. The little Green Men got him and he is going to make them pay.
Meanwhile, rejected by the deep state for his ill discipline, Minion joins forces with Host to reveal…. But wait, it is not that simple….
It is a satire on the D.C. establishment, but how can one parody what is already absurd. Buckley tries very hard to do so and does succeed in landing some stingers, but by and large, read today, it seems understated.
Oh, and when it is finally resolved the plot holes are big enough to accommodate the starship Enterprise.
Yes, of that Buckley, born with a silver keyboard in hand.