In the fall of 1999, a devious Louisiana lawyer spray-paints the words CAJUN LIBERATION on the wall of a small-town bank.
It isn’t vandalism.
It’s the opening move in a plan to manufacture a political movement that doesn’t exist—and profit from the chaos that follows.
Soon politicians, television reporters, federal agents, French operatives, and an assortment of local opportunists descend on sleepy Trahan Parish, each eager to exploit a crisis that was invented from the start.
Standing in the middle of the madness is T-Rouge Landry—an alligator farmer, legendary Saturday-night hell-raiser, and incurable romantic—who would much rather be left alone. Instead, he finds himself swept into a comic chain of events that grows more outrageous by the day.
Set against the countdown to Y2K, T-Rouge and the Cajun Job is a fast, funny political caper about ambition, deception, media hype, and the irresistible absurdity of American politics.
If you enjoy the wit of Carl Hiaasen, the colorful characters of Elmore Leonard, and the sly political humor of Ross Thomas, you’ll feel right at home in Trahan Parish (a fictional parish) set in 1999.
Genre: Thriller
It isn’t vandalism.
It’s the opening move in a plan to manufacture a political movement that doesn’t exist—and profit from the chaos that follows.
Soon politicians, television reporters, federal agents, French operatives, and an assortment of local opportunists descend on sleepy Trahan Parish, each eager to exploit a crisis that was invented from the start.
Standing in the middle of the madness is T-Rouge Landry—an alligator farmer, legendary Saturday-night hell-raiser, and incurable romantic—who would much rather be left alone. Instead, he finds himself swept into a comic chain of events that grows more outrageous by the day.
Set against the countdown to Y2K, T-Rouge and the Cajun Job is a fast, funny political caper about ambition, deception, media hype, and the irresistible absurdity of American politics.
If you enjoy the wit of Carl Hiaasen, the colorful characters of Elmore Leonard, and the sly political humor of Ross Thomas, you’ll feel right at home in Trahan Parish (a fictional parish) set in 1999.
Genre: Thriller
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