{"product_id":"9780312307738","title":"Shakedown Beach : A Mystery","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eShakedown Beach\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Eric Dezenhall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Governor: \u003c\/b\u003eGardner \"Rebound\" Rothman---married, family values New Jersey Republican with White House fantasies, a terrible secret, and a controversial position on young interns: he's for 'em!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Tart:\u003c\/b\u003e Simone Lava, the voluptuous Miss Little Egg Harbor Township.  Rebound keeps her hidden away in Atlantic City's seedy Celebrity Motel where she practices waving like a First Lady---a title she's been promised, if she'll just lay low during election season.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Fixer:\u003c\/b\u003e Chief Willie Thundercloud, former pro wrestler who runs the Jersey Shore's most ruthless damage control firm.  The chief digs up the macabre truth about the governor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pollster:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonah Eastman, maverick political strategist raised by his mobster grandfather, who gave Rebound his start.  Jonah knows only one thing can save the congenitally deceitful governor: a whopping, heartfelt lie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShakedown Beach\u003c\/i\u003e rips open the slats of the Atlantic City boardwalk to impart the big lesson of American politics: when forced to look into one's soul and confront the painful truths of murder, corruption, and sexual depravity, don't be an idiot---hire the nastiest operatives money can buy and duck, dodge, and spin to November.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A cheeky political satire...Here's proof that politics is funny when it isn't even trying.” —\u003ci\u003eMarilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Reads like a Carl Hiaasen novel hijacked from South Florida and plopped down in South Jersey...a well-observed thriller.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dezenhall's best so far...entertaining, a witty tale of twisted ambitions, buried skeletons, campaign chicanery and a thug who just might be descended from the Jersey Devil.” —\u003ci\u003eCourier Post (New Jersey)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Dezenhall is the most mordantly funny writer not named Westlake, with an ear for the zinger, a lie detector that makes mincemeat of politicians and spinmeisters, and the ability to plot like Machiavelli.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312307738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40667433009358,"sku":"9780312307738","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_781d725b-769e-4372-807d-f081659f0259.jpg?v=1639711116","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312307738","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}