Favorite Sons

(Paperback)

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A political saga spans two generations as it traces the lives of two hopeful U.S. senators and their battles against a New Right media genius who is determined to maintain the status quo.

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Praise for Favorite Sons
"... a novel of ideas sweeping grandly through more than forty years of Southern history."
The New York Times Book Review

"This novel's finest accomplishment...appears in the stranglehold that the past exerts upon the present."
Los Angeles Times

"Favorite Sons...is that rare breedpolitical novel, family saga and first-rate literary fiction."
Newsday

"Like all good fiction, Favorite Sons illuminates the human condition...it also illuminates our time and place, and tells us something about who we are, and why."
Charlotte Observer

Author Bio

John Russell is the author of the prize-winning novel Favorite Sons, which the New York Times heralded as a novel of ideas sweeping grandly through more than forty years of Southern history. Russell worked in the publishing industry, and has served in law firms, private industry, and government. He holds degrees from the University of North Carolina, Columbia University, and Harvard Law School. He and his wife divide time between North Carolina and Mexico.