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Big Stick Comic by Rowan Lawson: Power, Ego, and Other Inflatable Objects

by Rowan Lawson
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Current price ₹1,548.00
Original price ₹1,685.00
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Original price ₹1,685.00
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₹1,548.00
Current price ₹1,548.00

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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798249744472
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 366
  • Original Price: GBP 13.32
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 490 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Satire

In Ironhaven, power used to be measured in votes, money, and influence. That was before the stick. When Gideon Pike, a mild-mannered museum clerk, discovers an oversized ceremonial object labeled "Symbol of Civic Authority" buried in storage, he assumes it is just another forgotten relic gathering dust. But a bureaucratic mishap places the absurdly large stick in the center of the city square-and one viral photo later, everything changes. Suddenly, the stick is everywhere. Influencers pose with replicas. Corporations launch leadership seminars built around its symbolism. A populist senator adopts it as a campaign emblem of "strength." Protesters counter with feathers. Local businesses rebrand overnight. The economy surges. Media panels debate its meaning with breathless seriousness. And somehow, Gideon becomes the reluctant face of a movement he never intended to start. Big Stick Comic is a sharp, character-driven satire that explores modern power structures through escalating absurdity. Beneath the humor lies a pointed examination of branding psychology, masculinity and insecurity, political spectacle, social media amplification, and the human obsession with dominance. As Ironhaven spirals into chaos fueled by inflatable merchandise, televised debates, and manufactured outrage, Gideon must confront a troubling question: If power is nothing more than a story people agree to believe, who benefits from holding the biggest stick? Witty, fast-paced, and uncomfortably relevant, Big Stick Comic skewers leadership culture and influencer politics while revealing the fragile egos behind grand displays of authority. In a world addicted to spectacle, it asks whether we are chasing strength-or simply the illusion of it.

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