 According to Norquist, Nader had called him prior to the book's publication and said he "wouldn't be too unhappy, because the character was principled".The novel met with mixed reviews with "The Wall Street Journal" noting that the book "reads less like a novel ... than a dream journal" with a plot that victoriously concludes with "American society thoroughly Naderized", though "The Globe and Mail" called it "a powerful idea by the perfect person at a fortuitous time".He also branched out into fiction with the fable collection "Animal Envy" in 2016.