A bestselling, Harvard-bred humorist plans to knock out a slapdash, quick-buck parody of a wildly successful, head-spinning, clue-laden thriller in a flagrant attempt to cash in on the publishing sensation of the decade, but the tousle-haired satirist's sleazy scheme goes awry when his two heroes -- beautiful, brilliant Sandra Damsel and brawny, brainy Professor William Franklin -- stumble on an explosive and frankly preposterous centuries-old secret that plunges them into a puzzle-packed, plot-crammed, prose-swollen Washington intrigue whose flabbergasting finale will determine the outcome of the 2004 presidential election. Cryptic praise for The Dick Cheney Code "e;1, 1!"e; (highest rating) -- The Fibonacci Report "e;Hysterical! Lacey shirt!"e; -- Anagram Monthly "e;I laughed so hard I xxxxxx in my pants!"e; -- Redacter's Digest "e;I bend over double! I hold my sides! I tickle my ribs! I slap my thighs!"e; -- Mime Magazine "e;Three syllables, sounds like: Upper arm? Broken arm? Broken bone? Radius? Humerus? HUMOROUS!"e; -- Charade Magazine "e;Too funny for words!"e; (9 letters, starting with P, ending in S) -- Acrostic Review

A bestselling, Harvard-bred humorist plans to knock out a slapdash, quick-buck parody of a wildly successful, head-spinning, clue-laden thriller in a flagrant attempt to cash in on the publishing sensation of the decade, but the tousle-haired satirist's sleazy scheme goes awry when his two heroes -- beautiful, brilliant Sandra Damsel and brawny, brainy Professor William Franklin -- stumble on an explosive and frankly preposterous centuries-old secret that plunges them into a puzzle-packed, plot-crammed, prose-swollen Washington intrigue whose flabbergasting finale will determine the outcome of the 2004 presidential election. Cryptic praise for The Dick Cheney Code "e;1, 1!"e; (highest rating) -- The Fibonacci Report "e;Hysterical! Lacey shirt!"e; -- Anagram Monthly "e;I laughed so hard I xxxxxx in my pants!"e; -- Redacter's Digest "e;I bend over double! I hold my sides! I tickle my ribs! I slap my thighs!"e; -- Mime Magazine "e;Three syllables, sounds like: Upper arm? Broken arm? Broken bone? Radius? Humerus? HUMOROUS!"e; -- Charade Magazine "e;Too funny for words!"e; (9 letters, starting with P, ending in S) -- Acrostic Review