Million Dollar Sweepstakes
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Enter the GoodReads giveaway for The Adventures of Juan Planchard by Jonathan Jakubowicz. Juan Planchard is twenty‑nine, sitting on five million dollars, with homes in Caracas, Madrid, and a New York high‑rise. He runs a sportsbook in Las Vegas, flies on a shared private jet, and believes, without hesitation, that every choice he made during the revolution was justified and will be celebrated by future generations.
His rise from an ordinary middle‑class kid to a millionaire is fueled by exploiting the same corruption that consumed Venezuela. He moves through a world of oligarchs, models, and ruthless power plays, where influence is everything, and morality is optional. But amid the excess and danger, Juan becomes entangled with Scarlet, a captivating American whose allure could be his escape from the life he’s built—or the final trap that destroys him.
Enter the GoodReads giveaway for A Real Collusion by Stu Strumwasser. The novel follows a man who unexpectedly becomes the leader of an independent political movement that comes close to disrupting America’s two‑party system, all while uncovering a conspiracy that influences the outcome of the 2016 election. It delves into universal themes of loss and the struggle between justice and power. As the narrator notes in the opening line, “Ordinary people often do extraordinary things,” and the characters embody that idea as the story unfolds through sharp, satirical political drama. At its heart, it’s also a story about everyday people grappling with lost love, alienation, and widespread disillusionment, finding strength in loyalty and friendship.
The book centers on John Campbell, an ordinary man from Manhattan’s Lower East Side, whose story is told by his friend Skip Winters. Skip becomes John’s campaign manager and eventually a congressman himself. He recounts the remarkable rise of John Campbell and The American Coalition, a movement that gains massive grassroots support, raising over a hundred million dollars, and grows into a genuine threat to the long‑standing dominance of the Democratic and Republican parties. References to real events and political figures, including Trump and John McCain, give the story a grounded, alternate‑reality feel. As Skip digs deeper, he uncovers a hidden conspiracy within the political system, one involving murder, the destruction of his friend, and the manipulation of the election. Ultimately, the novel becomes Skip’s exposé of the secret cooperation between the two major parties, a partnership designed to preserve the duopoly that, in some ways, mirrors reality.
