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S. V. Date |
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| After buying legislators and bullying
senators, tobacco baron Bartholomew Simons is about to watch his
billion-dollar glory days go up in smoke. A savvy Florida governor is
pulling for a law that will bring the CEO to his knees - until
Simon fights back - not with laws but with blackmail, kidnapping and
extortion. But that's just the beginning.... Enter trigger-happy covert ops, an armory of lethal toys, a statehouse internet porn site, the FBI, and a centerfold-model-turned-lobbyist who trips over one too many secrets in her stiletto heels. Smokeout is conjured up and displayed with Date's knowing wit, caustic comedy and biting sarcasm. |
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Known mostly for his political satire in such works as Smokeout, Speed Week and Black Sunshine, S. V. Date turns his hand to chronicling the life of one of Florida's favorite sons, former U. S. Senator Bob Graham. Three-term U. S. Senator and a former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he was known for his quiet manner -- until he raged at his fellow senators that they would have blood on their hands if they voted to approve U. S. military intervention in Iraq. He was a two-term, active governor of Florida, an independent thinker who has held hundreds of ordinary jobs to immerse himself in the lives of his constituents. He is a shy, reserved man who often breaks into exuberant off-key songs in public. In short, S.V. Date has produced a fascinating biography of one of Florida's most fascinating people. |
