Bainbridge-based writer Kathleen Alcalá (“Spirits of the Ordinary: A Tale of Casas Grandes,” “The Deepest Roots: Finding Food and Community on a Pacific Northwest Island” and “Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist”) will host a conversation with author Joe Ponepinto about his new satirical novel “Mr. Neutron” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15 at Eagle Harbor Book Company.

In the smallish American city of Grand River, things are not so grand. The river is hopelessly polluted. City officials are in the pockets of oligarchs. And its best hope for meaningful change is a platitude-spouting 8-foot-tall giant named Reason Wilder, who is running for mayor.

Gray Davenport, a veteran political operative, isn’t faring much better than his hometown. His wife is about to leave him. He’s working for a mayoral candidate who has no chance to win and who can’t even pay for Gray’s services. When Gray notices that Reason may not be human, Gray embarks on a quest to uncover the truth about Reason’s mysterious origins, and the truth promises to change Grand River and Gray forever.

A satirical mashup of “Frankenstein” and “Veep,” “Mr. Neutron” is a genre-bender that speaks to the unpredictable nature of American politics today.

Ponepinto is also the author of “Curtain Calls: A Novel of the Great War.”

The event is free and open to the public, visit www.eagleharborbooks.com to learn more.