Shakedown Beach - Hardcover

Maverick political consultant Jonah Eastman and his offbeat team of "assistants"--including Chief Willie Thundercloud, a former wrestler and head of New Jersey's most ruthless damage control firm--take on the challenging case of Governor "Rebound" Rothman, a married, family-values Republican with a penchant for young interns and a secret mistress. 20,000 first printing.

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"One of those clever confidence stories that are so full of pleasures in its details...Give it a read."
- The Washington Post

"Jackie Disaster is the best thing to come out of Atlantic City since saltwater taffy."
- Kirkus (starred review)

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- St Petersburg Times

"This novel provides lots of fun in a Carl Hiassen mode."
- Publishers Weekly

Praise for Money Wanders:
"A riotous parody... [Dezenhall's] superb eye and ear at times call to mind such masters of the journalistic novel as Tom Wolfe. This is one for the carry-on bag."
- Time Magazine

"Dezenhall starts us off chuckling, moves us easily to guffaws, and then winds up with some nicely timed belly laughs... If this debut is any indication, Dezenhall's career as a novelist shouldn't need much spinning to take off."
- Booklist (starred review)

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- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)