Not Black and White: From the Very Windy City to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
by: G.A. Beller
Genre: Political Thriller
Publisher: G. Anton Publishing/Chicago
Publication Date: November 2015
Print length: 400 pages
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"Chicago-style politics is front and center. When a sitting president has
his roots in this sullied political heritage, it makes for news and
leads to speculation. NOT BLACK AND WHITE is a fictional account of many
of the events that led to the meteoric rise of a local charismatic
street politician to become America's first African-American President,
and the downfall and imprisonment of two consecutive governors of the
State of Illinois, along with several of their most trusted advisors and
cohorts. This story puts the reader inside the campaign offices and
smoke-filled back rooms where political deals are made. It depicts the
rise and fall of a Syrian immigrant who made millions by pretending he
had billions, while charming his way into the highest halls of wealth
and power. The perspective of a local attorney/businessman who found
himself in a front row seat to politics-as-usual in The City That Works
is reflected throughout the story. The cast of characters may appear
familiar to anyone who ever read a headline or watched cable news and
talk shows across the country. In 1994, a freak traffic accident
occurred, killing a family of six young children when their van burst
into flames after being struck by a semi-trailer truck driven by a man
unqualified to drive such a vehicle. The truck driver, a victim himself,
had bribed an employee of the Illinois secretary of state's office in
order to procure his commercial driver's license. The tragic accident
and resulting exposé of corruption and scandal that followed changed
forever the course of American History. Inspired by true events, NOT
BLACK AND WHITE leaves it to the reader to interpret fact from fiction."
-Courtesy of Amazon.com
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