Beneath the Pond Scum is a hilarious allegorical novel of good vs. evil.

 

It is the first novel by prolific author William C. Graham, a seventy-five-year-old retired Catholic priest.

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Graham writes in the style of Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, George Orwell, Percival Everett, and other great satirists.

 

The Story:

There are good guys. There are bad guys.

The good guys eventually win, but they are seriously hurt in the process.

The bad guys survive and continue to break things.

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The Style:

It is very funny. It is deadly serious.

There are heroes. There is some redemption.

There is no reconciliation.

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The Setting:

The novel is set in mythical northern Minnesota. 

It is about what is going on in the world right now.

It is about what is always going on in the world.

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