Jackie Disaster, by Eric Dezenhall

W. J. Rayment / Conservative Bookstore -- My favorite kind of novels are the ones where the wit and sarcasm are embedded in the very fabric of the story. Eric Dezenhall has infused his book, "Jackie Disaster" with insightful and pointed description, poignant and timely plot lines, and a perspective that is widely American yet specifically South Jersey.

Dezenhall's plots are always intricate, yet understandable. They involve larger than life characters who have a public relations problem that also ends up involving the Mafia, the Atlantic City Casinos and a good guy riding on the ragged edge of morality. Jackie "Disaster" is ex-boxer Jackie DeSesto. His job is "security" and he has an office at the Gol