Wag the Dog A Novel

Once upon a time there was a mean, dying GOP chairman who had a brilliant scheme to assure that his man would retain the office of president of the United States of America. And the only man who could pull off this elaborate plan was a celebrated Hollywood director. Add to the mix a left-coast gumshoe named Broz who is trapped among cover-ups, undercover work, and his own morality, a cast of bicoastal desperate characters, and the stage is set for a powerful D.C./L.A. production. From Edgar award winning author Larry Beinhart, Wag the Dog was the most brilliant political satire of the last decade. It was made into a classic film by Barry Levinson, and, fortunately, is now back in print.

Larry Beinhart has won an Edgar, a Gold Dagger, a Gold Medal at the Virgin Islands International Film Festival, and a couple of local Emmys in Miami. He was a Fulbright recipient of the Raymond Chandler Award. His other books include The Librarian, No One Rides for Free, You Get What You Pay For, and Foreign Exchange. His How to Write a Mystery has been called the best genre-specific book on writing there is and he has also written screenplays, short stories, journalism, and worked in commercial film production and as a political consultant. He's been a motion picture grip and a gaffer and he's taught skiing in upstate New York, in Killington, Vermont, and in Les Trois Vallees, France. Sometimes he yearns for legitimate employment. He has a wife and two children and they're all very interesting people. If you want to see him, he is the host of a homemade (public access, zero budget) television show now syndicated on Free Speech TV. If you like the book and want to tell him so, his e-mail is beinhart@earthlink.net.