All the Right Circles - by John Russell (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Jack Callahan is an outsider in his adopted hometown of Raleigh. A successful lawyer, he's spent years trying to move in all the right circles. But with his mother in a sanitarium, his marriage on the rocks, and his biggest client--Raleigh's largest independent newspaper--facing an increasingly hostile takeover, he's beginning to wonder if it's really been worth it. Set in the 1990s, All the Right Circles explores themes of race, class, and money in a world where virtue often proves elusive in the presence of money and power"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Fans of Pat Conroy will enjoy John Russell's long-awaited second novel, a rich, multi-generational story of money and morals, power and race, sex and sanity, set in a changing America.</b> <p/>Jack Callahan is an outsider in his adopted hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina. A successful lawyer, he's spent years trying to move in all the right circles. But with his literary mother in a sanitarium, his society marriage on the rocks, and his biggest client--Raleigh's family-owned newspaper the <i>Criterion</i>--facing a hostile takeover, he's beginning to wonder if it's really worth it. <p/>Step by step readers are drawn into the "non-secret secrets" of an elite that wields power founded on intricate manners and unsolved crimes. Jack's mentor, World War II hero Hugh Symmes, is haunted by family misdeeds during the Wilmington Massacre of 1898. His client, Ward Forrest, third-generation newspaper heir, portions out liberal duty against riches amassed during the Jim Crow past. His friend, African-American judge Kai-Jana Blount, weighs the call to higher office against deals with men her civil rights crusading family had opposed. <p/>Together they face a threat from Wall Street raider Victor Broman, Jack's former client, who is hell-bent to acquire the Criterion for shadowy patrons. Jack tries his best to do the hero-ing--but questions the costs. Eventually, he takes counsel from his friend Lowry, a mysterious Native American mystic, who unveils a different path, away from all the right circles.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>Favorite Sons</i></b><br>... a novel of ideas sweeping grandly through more than forty years of Southern history.<br>--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>This novel's finest accomplishment...appears in the stranglehold that the past exerts upon the present.<br>--<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/><i>Favorite Sons</i>...is that rare breed--political novel, family saga and first-rate literary fiction.<br>--<i>Newsday</i> <p/>Like all good fiction, <i>Favorite Sons</i> illuminates the human condition...it also illuminates our time and place, and tells us something about who we are, and why.<br>--<i>Charlotte Observer</i><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>John Russell</b> is the author of the award-winning novel <i>Favorite Sons</i>, which the <i>New York Times</i> heralded as "...a novel of ideas sweeping grandly through more than 40 years of Southern history." A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, he was educated at the University of North Carolina, Columbia University, and Harvard Law School. He and his wife divide their time between North Carolina and Mexico.<br>
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