{"product_id":"a-man-in-full-9780553381337","title":"A Man in Full","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - \"A masterpiece\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) of a novel by the era-defining author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/i\u003e--now a Netflix original limited series from David E. Kelley (\u003ci\u003eBig Little Lies\u003c\/i\u003e) starring Jeff Daniels, Lucy Liu, and Diane Lane\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wolfe is a peerless observer, a fearless satirist, a genius in full.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe setting is Atlanta, Georgia--a racially mixed, late-twentieth-century boomtown full of fresh wealth and wily politicians. The protagonist is Charles Croker, once a college football star, now a late-middle-aged Atlanta conglomerate king whose outsize ego has at last hit up against reality. Charlie has a 29,000-acre quail-shooting plantation, a young and demanding second wife, and a half-empty office complex with a staggering load of debt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, Conrad Hensley, idealistic young father of two, is laid off from his job at the Croker Global Foods warehouse near Oakland, California, and finds himself spiraling into the lower depths of the American legal system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd back in Atlanta, when star Georgia Tech running back Fareek \"the Canon\" Fanon, a homegrown product of the city's slums, is accused of date-raping the daughter of a pillar of the white establishment, upscale black lawyer Roger White II is asked to represent Fanon and help keep the city's delicate racial balance from blowing sky-high. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNetworks of illegal Asian immigrants crisscrossing the continent, daily life behind bars, shady real estate syndicates--Wolfe shows us contemporary turn-of-the-century America with all the verve, wit, and insight that have made him one of our most admired talked-about novelists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Wolfe's\u003c\/b\u003e numerous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, From Bauhaus to Our House, The Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eI Am Charlotte Simmons\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 2018.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600224588050,"sku":"9780553381337","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dbe82474-78cb-4da9-9f6f-5630c38c7a5c.jpg?v=1732210873","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-man-in-full-9780553381337","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}