Bully!: Master of the Global Merry-go-round

Sue Coe sets her sights on our president, casting him as Bully, the ringleader of a nightmarish carnival. Judith Brody's lyrical prose set the stage for Coe's gorgeously rendered paintings, and both are juxtaposed against choice quotations from the architects of the Bush agenda. With a timely release for what promises to be a polarized 2004 election year, Bully! is one of the most politically charged, unabashedly left-leaning books of the season.