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Subject:: Author Rick Robinson hits the 100 Best Seller List on Amazon.com with new novel, The Maximum Contribution
(Terra Alta)—The Maximum Contribution by Rick Robinson hit the Amazon Best Seller List at #69 of best selling political fiction this week for the third time since its release in November. Rick Robinson, a Kentucky attorney, has thirty years experience in politics and law, including a stint on Capitol Hill as Legislative Director/Chief Counsel to then-Congressman Jim Bunning (R-KY).
Featured at Trover Shop on Capitol Hill last week, Robinson walked away with top honors of having the best book signing ever at the famous Washington, D.C. site. The Maximum Contribution was #5 on their Best Seller List of the week.
Political Fiction at its best
“Robinson brings us to the inside world of political wheeling and dealing with a pace that reminds me of John Grisham. It is a novel that political junkies need to own but appeals to the political novice as well,” writes Don McNay, Author and Syndicated Columnist.
Small town Kentucky councilman, Richard Thompson gets hands-on experience into the world of D.C. politics. The fine line between fact and fiction quickly blurs and you may think you have picked up today’s headlines instead of one of the best new novels to break onto the political scene.
Thompson has the chance of a lifetime when his political mentor dies in office and he becomes the nominee for a seat in the House. With Washington’s premiere campaign consultants at the helm, Thompson is riding a well-oiled political machine to Election Day success. His victory is in sight when he stumbles upon an issue that places him in the cross-hairs of power-hungry politicians, corrupt lobbyists, gun-running union officials and an on-going FBI sting operation.
Kentucky Enquirer political reporter Patrick Crowley says, that Robinson "takes readers and even political junkies to places they seldom see, the behind-the-scenes activities that are the true essence of today's political world; where the money is raised, the decisions are made and political careers are made and crushed."
Robinson ran for the United States Congress in 1998 and currently practices law in Kentucky. Best selling author, P.J. O'Rourke, calls Rick Robinson "a paragon among Capitol Hill staffers and maybe the only person on Earth who both understands the civics book chapter on ‘How a Bill Becomes a Law’ and knows how to get good seats at the Kentucky Derby."
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