Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers (USA 2011)

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Two hard-nosed bosses scrap for control of America's largest union
Born to a steelworker but harboring theatrical aspirations, Donald Cubbin grew up tempted by two careers. A Hollywood scout finally notices him, but Cubbin has already taken a job with the local union boss. He's always regretted that decision-especially now.

After decades climbing the ranks, Cubbin runs the show as the union's president. An election looms, and his opponent proves to be a dangerously loose cannon. Cubbin made dozens of enemies over the years, and one has just engaged a hired killer. The fight for Cubbin's job starts with muckraking but could end in murder.

Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers. Mysterious Press / Open Road Media, ISBN: 9781453228166 (October, 2011), eBook, 2 Mb (ca. 190 p.), $9.99.

Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers (USA 1993)

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One candidate is in his cups. The other is a manic-depressive bawler. One "consultant" wants to buy the election; the other wants to steal it. And the hit man works at Safeway in the produce department...

It's a nationwide duel between two bitter union bosses. Each has his own dirty-trick artists and bagmen. But what one of them doesn't know is that there's a price out on his head. And with the future of the rank and file, billions of dollars for various corporations and special interest groups, and the careers of numerous rogues, adulterers, and lackeys on the line, the intended victim will surely be the last to know. Because in a down and dirty election battle there 'll always be a piece of the pie for everyone everyone who's still alive to taste it...

Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers. Mysterious Press / Warner Books, ISBN: 0446401714 (September, 1993), 214 p., $4.99.

Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers (USA 1987)

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A "porkchopper" is a union official who is primarily interested in taking care of himself, and Donald Cub-bin, whom many accuse of being the very epitome of the type, faces a tough and dirty campaign for reelection as president of his 900,000-member union.

When both Cubbin and his opponent pull out the stops to defeat each other, the action-including election stealing and assassination-comes fast and nasty, and with unexpected results.

"Thomas has written... [an] exposé of the high-level maneuvering (all the way to the White House) that is so much a part of American politics -- and the operation of a big labor union is nothing if not politics.... Thomas sounds like a man who has been around." -- New York Times Book Review

Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers. Harper & Row / Perennial Library, ISBN: 0060808489 (February, 1987), 214 p., $3.50.

Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers (USA 1984)

From the Publisher:
A "porkchopper" is a union official who is primarily interested in taking care of himself, and Donald Cub-bin, whom many accuse of being the very epitome of the type, faces a tough and dirty campaign for reelection as president of his 900,000-member union.

When both Cubbin and his opponent pull out the stops to defeat each other, the action-including election stealing and assassination-comes fast and nasty, and with unexpected results.

"A first-rate political novel of manners. ... The pace is superb, the plot brilliantly intricate, the dialogue crackling and witty." -- National Review

Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers. Harper & Row / Perennial Library, ISBN: 006080727X (December, 1984), 214 p., $2.95.

Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers (USA 1972)

From the Publisher:
In the mode of The Fools in Town Are on Our Side, Ross Thomas's best-selling novel to date, The Porkchoppers takes an inside look at corruption - this time in an American labor union. The result is Thomas's toughest and most entertaining book. Donald Cubbin is president of a 990,000-member American labor union, and he faces a tough, dirty campaign for reelection against Sammy Hanks, the union's secretary treasurer. When both Cubbin and opponent pull out the stops to defeat each other, the action -- including election-stealing and assassination -- comes fast and nasty, with unexpected results, all served up in the incomparable Ross Thomas style.

Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers. A Novel. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1972, 246 p., $6.95.