Richter The Mighty

J.B. Manning

A corrupt, septuagenarian POTUS from Jacksonville, suffering from erectile dysfunction and a young, contemptuous, cat-collecting wife, faces financial ruin and prison when his kids threaten to finger him for the murder of his first wife while drug-addled thieves decapitate his personal attorney and escape with the President's fortune. What to do? Sniff some coke, pop a few burgers, and unleash Lenny and Tiny, mismatched hitmen supplied by the Russian ambassador, to whack the kids; engage The Actuary, a hipster hitman from Brooklyn, to catch the thieves. The result is droll chase and combat through the Okefenokee Swamp, Miami, Paris and the Camargue, leading to an explosive night at Ponte Vedra on the Fourth of July.
   
   Kirkus Reviews says "Manning’s imagination, ambitious plotting, and comic timing are impeccable, and the outright corruption is hilarious.... This is a brilliantly conceived parody. A sprawling, cleverly imagined spoof of political culture and the miscreants it spawns." https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jb-manning/richter-the-mighty/

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