num_pages: 256
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Librarian
titlecomplete: The Librarian
genres: Books About Books, Mystery, Humor, Novels, Thriller, Action, Contemporary, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Politics
ratings_count: 471
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Barry Award
category: Best Paperback Original, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
category: Romans étrangers, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Paperback Original
publisher: Bold Type Books