Synopses & Reviews
How on earth did nebbish university librarian David Goldberg end up on Virginia's Ten Most Wanted Criminals list for bestiality? And how did he get ensnared in a vast right-wing conspiracy to steal the presidency?
It all begins so innocently when Goldberg starts moonlighting for eccentric, conservative billionaire Alan Carston Stowe as an archivist. But Goldbergs appointment worries a cabal of ruthless right-wingers ostensibly allies of Stowe, whose money lubricates their zany scary conspiracies with very close ties to the White House. They fear that Goldberg will find something in Stowe's records that will compromise the dirty tricks involved in re-electing Augustus Winthrop Scott, the dim scion of a powerful Republican political family, for a second term. As the presidential election heads into its final stretch, the hunt is on to remove Goldberg from his position by any means necessary.
The acclaimed, Edgar-winning mystery writer Larry Beinhart returns with this timely novel. In the tradition of Carl Hiassen, Elmore Leonard, and Joe Klein, The Librarian is a frenetic, scary and hilarious thriller that goes deep into the dark heart of election year politics.
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"Beinhart lays about him with a nuclear-tipped cudgel....Voters in the blue states will find it all irresistible, along with readers from sea to shining sea." Kirkus Reviews
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"[Beinhart] is better at imagining outrageous plots that slyly allude to current politics than he is at describing characters or situations....But The Librarian is worth reading for its wry observations..." Caryn James, The New York Times Book Review
Synopsis
A new thriller about stealing the presidential election from the author of American Hero (filmed as Wag the Dog).