“FIVE STARS. The most unique book I've read in years.”
— Gabriel Santos, Readers’ Favorite
Wilder Crick, the worst presidential candidate in history, is dead.
Now his reluctant apprentice Tom and ruthless campaign manager Shelly must follow his final instructions—a bizarre, posthumous search for the true, hidden nature of reality.
Darkly funny, razor-sharp, and mind-bendingly ambitious, Cleave the Sparrow is a political satire, a sci-fi fever dream, and a philosophical gut punch that dares to answer the biggest question of all:
Who are we, really?
“STARRED REVIEW. Uproariously funny and incredibly prescient… an extraordinary book.”
— David Allen, Hollywood Book Reviews
“FIVE STARS. Bursts of unfiltered genius… Satire so sharp it draws blood.”
— Priscilla Evans, Literary Titan
“Delivers a philosophical gut-punch unlike any other.”
— Bradley Allen, Chicago Book Review
“FIVE STARS. Jonathan Katz has pulled off something special here—I couldn’t put this book down”
— K.C. Finn, Readers’ Favorite
“Wild, smart, and just a little unhinged… Makes existential horror laugh-out-loud funny.”
— Scott Olsen, Manhattan Book Review
“Biting and memorable… To read Jonathan Katz’s satirical novel is akin to being repeatedly struck on the funny bone.”
— Craig Jones, IndieReader
“NOTABLE BOOK. A TRULY MOVING ODE.”
— Lily Amanda, Pacific Book Review
“Masterfully evocative… The satire is frequent and powerful.”
— The Black List
About THE AUTHOR
Jonathan Katz has been a professional writer for more than twenty years, having graduated with honors from the University of Virginia in 2004 with a concentration in creative writing. His original screenplay Very Fine People won the top prize for television writing at the Nashville Film Festival in 2019. Cleave the Sparrow is his first novel.
