The Librarian

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 Goldberg's 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 08/26/2004
ISBN: 9781560256366
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.70d
Award: Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2004 pg. 756
Publishers Weekly 09/06/2004 pg. 45
Publishers Weekly 09/20/2004 pg. 47
Booklist 09/15/2004 pg. 211
New York Times 10/17/2004 pg. 12
Library Journal 10/15/2004 pg. 52