Hitler's rise to power is burlesqued through the description of a gangster syndicate which terrorizes Chicago and its suburbs.

Political novel of Nazi domination in a small European town.

Revolt of the natives of an imaginary Eastern port is halted by a ship's surgeon who has gone to sea to escape responsibility.

"Little Ferike, for that is his name, establishes the standard of truth in the play. The serious part of 'The emperor's clothes' concerns political tyranny in Budapest and the effect it has on Ferike's father, a teacher dismissed for dangerous political expressions. Anxious to get a school again, the father compromises his principles; and little Ferike despises him. At the close of the play the father reinstates himself in his son's adoration--presumably because he finally adheres to the truth".