"The Greatest Place on Earth": Personal Note: A Work of Absurdity? is Jeff Weisman's debut JEF novel, published in 2021 as volume 91 of the Journal of Experimental Fiction series (JEF Books / Depth Charge Publishing).
It is an absurdist allegory: a respected psychology professor is recruited by "The Bureau" to investigate a town whose residents have collectively gone mad. Weisman builds the book as a collage, mixing stylistic invention, direct citations, outlandish humor, compassion, random dispatches, historical photographs, and faux documents. The method is the argument; the form registers what it felt like to live in America during the first two years of the Trump administration.
Weisman has taught English at Elgin Community College since 2002 and writes daily. He began drafting this novel while teaching there. JEF also distributes his prison-metaphor micro-novel Lifers.
Start here for Weisman's absurdist mode; it is the title JEF gave a numbered series volume. More on the author at the Jeff Weisman collection.