A review by dontpanic42
The Short Reign of Pippin IV by John Steinbeck

4.0

I've always been a big Steinbeck fan, ever since reading The Grapes of Wrath back in high school. The Short Reign of Pippin IV is quite different from anything else I've read by Steinbeck in many ways: most noticeably of all, it's about French politics and history and not about the Depression-era America that has inspired what I tend to think of as Steinbeck's best work. Pippin is written with the same grace and wit, though, that make Steinbeck so wonderful to read; and his imaginative satire of French politics still comes down to a reflection on how we perceive the good life for the common man. Overall, short and fun and well worth the read.