{"product_id":"9780312307738","title":"Shakedown Beach","description":"\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!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012050043120,"sku":"9780312307738","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780312307738_p0.jpg?v=1763676755","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780312307738","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}