Those Who Trespass

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Those Who Trespass
Bill O'Reilly
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime fiction
PublisherBroadway Books (2004)
Publication date
1998, re-released in 2004

Those Who Trespass: A Novel of Television and Murder (

network staff after disputes very similar to O'Reilly's real tensions with CBS (such as one involving Falklands War footage). The revenge takes the form of a series of graphically described murders.[1]

The novel was first published in 1998 by a small publishing house, and rereleased in 2004 by

trade paperback.[2]

On July 13, 2011, in O'Reilly's "Backstage Conversation" video section of the BillOreilly.com website, he responded to a viewer who asked "Does Mel Gibson still own the rights to Those who Trespass?" O'Reilly replied, "He does not. We had two cycles with Mr. Gibson's production company—this was before he got into all the trouble—and now I own it again. So hopefully someone will step up."[citation needed]

Plot summary

The

Celtic
parents, who is pushed out by Global News Network, and systematically murders the people who ruined his career.

Meanwhile, the

Irish-American New York City homicide detective named Tommy O’Malley, is charged with solving the murders that Michaels has committed, while competing with Michaels for the heart of Ashley Van Buren, a blond, sexy aristocrat turned crime columnist. Some reviewers have said that Michaels and O'Malley are "thinly veiled versions" of O'Reilly.[2]

Michaels' first victim is a news correspondent who stole his story in Argentina, and got him into trouble with the network. He then

Radio-Television News Directors Association
convention, he slits the throat of the station manager. After this, he is pursued by O'Malley and Van Buren, where he attempts to lose them by crossing a runway in front of a speeding jet. Although he makes it, his car's right back tire is cut by the jet's wing, causing the car to spin, flip over, and be subsequently melted by the exhaust from the jet, which explodes. Michaels dies in extreme agony, as his contacts (used to hide his identity) burn into his eyes and a chunk of the car crushes his head in.

Reception

The New Yorker called the book O'Reilly's "most ambitious and deeply felt piece of writing. 'Those Who Trespass' is a revenge fantasy, and it displays extraordinarily violent impulses".[1] Michael Hastings, of Salon.com, commented that the book gave the reader a look inside the author's mind. "The talented talk-show host serves up characters who are paranoid, arrogant, insecure and supremely egotistical. On television, those qualities are O'Reilly's greatest assets".[2]

The satirist Stephen Colbert, who parodies O'Reilly on his show The Colbert Report, stated that his sci-fi character Tek Jansen was originally inspired by O'Reilly and Those Who Trespass. The character originated in a fictional book that his political pundit character constantly referred to and promoted on his show. Tek Jansen, an idealised version of Colbert's character on The Colbert Report, is a reference to the accusations of the characters in Those Who Trespass being based on O'Reilly.[3]

In his book

2000 and a dirty story O'Reilly tells Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in Vietnam
.

References

  1. ^ a b Nicholas Lemann: The Wayward Press: Fear Factor The New Yorker, March 27, 2006
  2. ^ a b c Hastings, Michael (February 17, 2004). ""Those Who Trespass" by Bill O'Reilly". Salon. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  3. ^ Wu, Annie (July 26, 2006). Stephen Colbert's comic book adventures. TV Squad. Retrieved on January 19, 2008.
  4. ISBN 978-0-452-28521-7
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