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Altamont Augie
By Richard Barager
At the Conservative Bookstore we have often editorialized that in order for Conservatives to get their message out to society at large and to win the culture wars.
On March 22, 2010, Ed Gillespie in "The Weekly Standard" wrote, “…conservatives should not cede to liberals the precincts of popular culture any more than they should cede to them the precincts of politics.” The reason why? “Politics is downstream from culture,” he insightfully argued.
"Altamont Augie" is a perfect example of Conservative injection into modern literature and American culture. It is a novel of the 1960s concerned with the choice between nihilism and tradition. This is a choice that all free societies eventually must confront.
David Horowitz, the one time liberal turned leading conservative pundit had this to say about it:
“Richard Barager has written THE novel of the Sixties: a passion-filled, pitch-perfect, roller coaster of a tale about the decade that divides us all."
Featuring iconic places, people and events the story of a generation is told. It is a story of war, music, and a social struggle told through the eyes of two starcrossed lovers. David Noble, sees the faltering war in Vietnam as a failure of national honor. Jackie Lundquist views it as a failure of national conscience.
In the course of the story she becomes the antiwar movement’s alluring Radical Queen, while David’s coordinates counter-protest activities. In spite of their differences, their love endures.
This book demonstates that the culture war that arose from the sixties was not between generations, but one which tore the babyboomer generation apart.
Politics IS downstream from culture, and for conservatism to flourish in an enduring way, it must establish a creative voice in the areas of film, music, art, and literature. "Altamont Augie," a work of historical fiction sympathetic to a conservative worldview, advances that cause.
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