Mack to the Rescue (Jim Lehrer)
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I’m on a Lehrer roll. This book is his latest. Not as much mystery in this one, but plenty of humor.
One of the main story lines involves the more-than-slightly-nutty Oklahoma governor “Buffalo Joe” Hayman. Hayman goes on a talk radio show program and announces that he is going to privatize state government — completely — from road building to the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation. With the major Oklahoma newspaper backing the idea (this probably isn’t fiction!), masses of Okies agree that this is a great idea. The governor’s nickname comes from his hometown, Buffalo, Oklahoma, but Mack suspects it’s also because he is stubborn. The head of the OBI refers to him as “Chip” — as in “buffalo chip” (for those of you not versed in prairie lore, that’s dried buffalo poo).
In the midst of trying to change the governor’s mind, Mack walks into a medical nightmare. Meanwhile, his son is considering a hostile takeover of his mother’s grocery chain. Good story, fast read and lots of funny lines. And a hero who is the kind of politician we wish were real!