The Overton Window

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The Overton Window
ISBN
978-1-4391-8430-1

The Overton Window is a

contributing writers,[1] was released on June 15, 2010.[2]

Plot

The novel is based on the

political theory, in which at any given moment there is a range of policies related to any particular issue that is considered politically acceptable ("in the window"), and other policies that politicians seeking to gain or hold public office do not feel they can recommend without being considered too far outside the mainstream ("outside the window"). Moving the window would make previously radical ideas seem reasonable. Beck has referred to the book as "faction" – fiction based on facts.[3]

The plot revolves around a man named Noah Gardner, a public relations executive who has no interest in politics. He changes his mind when he meets a woman, Molly Ross, who is "consumed by the knowledge that the United States we know is about to be lost forever," an idea Gardner dismisses as a conspiracy theory. After the United States comes under attack, however, he works to expose the conspirators behind the attack.[4]

Reception

The

tea party" assemblies, then Beck will have achieved his goal."[5]

The Time review by Alex Altman was mostly critical, complimenting aspects of the book's likely ability to satisfy its audience as either a dime-store romance or an ideological message vehicle, while faulting its insufficient suspense as a thriller, terming the book "plodding" with a "half-baked plot" over-burdened with its "sermonizing."[6]

When it was released on June 15, the novel debuted at number one in its first week on the

New York Times Best Seller List, and remained on the bestseller list through September of that year.[7] National Review also pointed to the book's influence in providing attention to Joseph Overton's Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a free market think tank where Overton was a vice president until 2003.[8]

Writer Chris Kelly has suggested that ghostwriter Jack Henderson repurposed the plot for Overton Window from one of Henderson's previous novels, Circumference of Darkness.[9]

Sequel

Eye of Moloch, a sequel, was released in June 2013.

Reviews

References

  1. ^ Rutten, Tim (June 23, 2010). "Book Review: 'The Overton Window' by Glenn Beck". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 12, 2010. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
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  3. ^ Minzesheimer, Bob (June 14, 2010). "Glenn Beck is in on this conspiracy". USA Today. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
  4. ^ "The Overton Window by Glenn Beck". Glennbeck.com. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  5. ^ Steven Levingston, Glenn Beck's paranoid thriller, "The Overton Window", The Washington Post, June 15, 2010.
  6. ^ Altman, Alex. "Glenn Beck's Novel: Liberty and Romance for All."
  7. ^ Dixler, Elsa. "6/25/10 Times Best Seller List". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
  8. ^ "The Joe Overton Window". National Review. 2010-06-14.
  9. ^ "Chris Kelly: Glenn Beck's New Novel About Liberals Staging 9/11 Is a Lot Like a 2005 Novel About Conservatives Staging 9/11". Huffingtonpost.com. 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2011-08-23.

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