"On the Boardwalk: Sand, Sea, Sun, and Scandal" is the title of chapter 9 in The Soprano State, Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure <http://www.thesopranostate.com/> , scheduled for release Tuesday, February 19. Expect a media fury. Amazon.com: The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption: Books: Bob Ingle,Sandy McClure <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312368941/bookstorenow30-20> February 22nd, Borders 7:30 PM, 3710 Route 9, Freehold, NJ
" covering the length of the Turnpike from Cape May to Fort Lee, the executive mansion in Princeton to the statehouse in Trenton, horse country and the Pineys, Sinatra's native turf in Hoboken and Joe Piscopo's down at the shore. They nail the backroom intrigues in impressive scope and detail." Kirkus Reviews Take a whack at "Soprano State" Looking for laughs at the expense of stupid criminals? Plan on taking a trip north via the book titled "The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption." Featured are real-life politicians, businessmen and mobsters who've less than gracefully nabbed headlines the past 30 years." Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald "Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure offer a portrait of a state in dire peril -- and of its own accord. "The Soprano State" provides readers with an inside look at just how New Jersey, and its policy makers, have whittled away the credibility of state, thus leaving it as it currently is: A joke, considered by the rest of the nation to be a haven for mobsters, murderers, and stereotypes. Drawing upon their collective experiences as both residents and taxpayers, Ingle and McClure will have you laughing in the first few pages and later livid with this sideways state." Strand Bookstore "If Garden State politicians were worried that The Sopranos would give Jersey a bad name, they would be mortified by the allegations in Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure's revealing muckrake. Penned by two hardworking Trenton investigative reporters, The Soprano State paints a picture of widespread corruption that would embarrass even the Bada Bing! crowd. Scandalously good." Barnes & Noble New book details pattern of political corruption in N.J. | courierpostonline.com | Courier-Post <http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080217/NE\ WS01/802170370/1005>
