CASH OUT

Side-splittingly funny, full of bigger-than-life characters, this debut is like a sly caper gone outrageously, unforgettably awry. A novel that is certain to appeal to fans of Jess Walter, Tom Perrotta and Christopher Buckley.

Family man Dan Jordan is just days away from cashing more than $1.1 million in stock options and leaving behind his hated high-tech job in San Francisco for the simple life. However, with three days to go before he can cash out, all hell breaks loose: First, he's kidnapped by a gang of tiny IT nerds who threaten to get him fired before the options can vest if he doesn't do their bidding. They want his help bringing down the CEO. Then, he's stalked and nearly killed by corporate security muscle men. As the clock ticks and the pressure on Dan mounts, he's confronted with the possible disintegration of his marriage as he struggles to keep his sociopath neighbor, Crazy Larry, from ruining everything once he goes to him for help. Greg Bardsley is a former newspaper reporter who covered education, politics and crime in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Since then, he has worked as an editor, ghostwriter, corporate speechwriter and video producer. His writing for high-profile business executives has appeared in Newsweek, USA Today and the Financial Times. For more information please visit www.gregbardsley.com.