Capital City
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| Autore: |
Hurwitz Lee
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| Titolo: |
Capital City
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| Pubblicazione: | Astor + Blue Editions |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813.6 |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Fiction |
| Washington (d.c.) | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | TreanorTim |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Washington DC has never seen a mayor quite like Wendell P. Watson - coke snorting, contract skimming, Shakespeare quoting, womanizer, who has somehow wielded his power for three consecutive terms, and is working on a fourth. His re-election platform contains many outrageous plans, including a plot to make Washington D.C. the 51st state. But one night, Watson's legacy comes undone when he invites Sharon Scott up to his room for a drink. Things go too far, too fast, and after Sharon clobbers Mr. Mayor with an ashtray, he sets his burly security guards on her. Evelyn Boone has been sent on a secret mission to steal Watson's paperwork for a major city contract, and accidentally witnesses Sharon's murder. What started off as a simple assignment turns into an extremely complex situation when she is spotted. Watson orders the guards to kill her too. Evelyn narrowly escapes, and a wild goose chase begins across four states. Evelyn attempts to outsmart Watson's men in a deadly game of hide and seek, and along the way ends up entangled with the FBI, a hit man, and even a well-known actor. Very loosely inspired by actual events, debut authors Lee Hurwitz and Tim Treanor have written a darkly hilarious political satire that irreverently dissects a mayor's misguided nature and ultimate fall from grace. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Capital City |
| ISBN: | 1-68120-901-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910136840003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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