Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers (USA 2011) From the Publisher: 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.
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Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers (USA 1993) From the Publisher: 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.
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Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers (USA 1987) From the Publisher: 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.
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Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers (USA 1984) From the Publisher: 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.
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Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers (USA 1972) From the Publisher: Ross Thomas: The Porkchoppers. A Novel. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1972, 246 p., $6.95.
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