A Happy Bureaucracy

In a post-apocalyptic America ravaged by nuclear devastation, Arthur McDowell works at the IRS, the last bastion of a functioning government. While hoping for a promotion, he is instead assigned to be a census-taker, venturing into dangerous, irradiated streets with his indifferent, drug-addicted bodyguard, Rabia Duke. As they navigate threats from a warlord and the chaos of their surroundings, Arthur discovers that the true power lies in bureaucracy—and an audit may be their only salvation. M.P. Fitzgerald's A Happy Bureaucracy offers a darkly humorous exploration of survival amidst absurdity.