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Money Wanders: A Novelby Eric Dezenhall
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Book DescriptionThomas Dunne Books, 2002-02-25. Hardcover. Good. Minor shelf wear on dust jacket, great buy! Book summaryA Mafia don hires veteran PR expert Jonah Eastman to improve his image so that he can qualify for a casino license. The clash of the Italian mob scene with Jewish chutzpah provides the comic backdrop for this caper novel in which, of all things, middle-aged romantic love is a major player.Media Reviews"Money may wander but attention never strays in this comic debut." -- Kirkus Publisher NotesJonah Eastman, disgraced Presidential pollster, is summoned home to Atlantic City by his ailing grandfather Mickey Price--a legendary Atlantic City gangster and owner of the Golden Prospect casino. When Mickey dies, Jonah is "persuaded" by mob boss Mario Vanni to help improve his image by launching a misinformation campaign aimed at gaining public acceptance and ultimately a way "outta the life." So Jonah goes to war through a comical and audacious manipulation of the media which includes online rumoring, exploiting romantic myths of the mob, and orchestrating a union-backed pseudo-vigil after Vanni is arrested. To pull off these stunts, he enlists the help of his grandfather's Prohibition-era cronies, pimply-faced hackers, a disgruntled Secret Service agent, a cagey Washington lobbyist, a slick Philadelphia publicist, and a street-fighting rabbi. Money Wanders is a wild and uproarious tour of spin and media manipulation from the lobbied halls of Congress to the dilapidated boardwalk of Atlantic City.
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