{"product_id":"shakedown-beach-eric-dezenhall-9780312307738","title":"Shakedown Beach: A Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime for a civics lesson---Jersey style. Jonah Eastman and Jackie Disaster team up for another in the series of Eric Dezenhall's acclaimed PR crisis manager mysteries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Dezenhall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 031230773X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312307738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 5.82w x 0.90d","brand":"Eric Dezenhall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913655189759,"sku":"9780312307738","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_be7b760b-48bc-4d81-a738-7fb948795ae3.jpg?v=1680621575","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shakedown-beach-eric-dezenhall-9780312307738","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}