Copernicus Paul

Copernicus Paul was assigned to Strategic Air Command and later to the US Air Forces in Europe during the Cold War. A Southern California native, he holds a healthy measure of contempt toward those who deny true liberty and freedom to anyone, especially through means of fear or force. Copernicus is a cancer survivor and lives in gratitude for every day on this earth.

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Inspired by true events, Bunker Mentality is Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 meets David Graeber’s Bullshit Jobs, exploring the meaning of war, morality, madness, honor, and courage in a world of utter insanity. 

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  • “An incisive, surprising novel of the Cold War as office comedy.”

    BookLife Reviews (editor’s pick)

  • “Razor-sharp.”

    Clarion Foreword Reviews

  • “Paul fuses the dark satire of Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 with the absurdist flair of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.”

    BlueInk Review

  • “Any reader interested in a fictional pursuit of the atmosphere and challenges of the Cold War era needs to take a look at it through protagonist Roy’s eyes and experiences in Bunker Mentality.”

    D. Donovan, senior reviewer, Midwest Book Review