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 ""1, 1!"" (highest rating) - The Fibonacci Report ""Hysterical! Lacey shirt!"" - Anagram Monthly ""I laughed so hard I xxxxxx in my pants!"" - Redacter's Digest ""I bend over double! I hold my sides! I tickle my ribs! I slap my thighs!"" - Mime Magazine ""Three syllables, sounds like: Upper arm? Broken arm? Broken bone? Radius? Humerus? HUMOROUS!"" - Charade Magazine ""Too funny for words!"" (9 letters, starting with P, ending in S) - Acrostic Review | The Dick Cheney Code by Henry Beard, Paperback | Indigo Chapters