THE QUICK BROWN FOX

by Lawrence Schoonover ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 9, 1952

Stick to your historical novels, Mr. Schoonover: This proof-for only as a caricature could one accept this ""inside"" picture of an advertising agency- falls of its own weight, having neither humor nor humanity to sustain its story. The central figure, a poor shadow of Marquand's Charlie Gray in Point of No Return, is George Russell, long-time executive in an agency where he hopes to be officially established as account man on a big shampoo account. But he doesn't quite know how to cope with the machinations of the unscrupulous bright young Bill Gray, who uses double dealing, liquor, sex or patter to win friends and influence people, and bids for his chief's job. There are other conflicting factors in his life:- a happy marriage which he sees threatened by a temptation to go beyond a kiss with a glamorous neighbor; a local fight over a new school in his home town in suburban Connecticut; and a catastrophic and accidental involvement in Bill Gray's messy affair with a beautiful model which brings his castle in the air down about his head. That it all comes out right for Russ and wrong for Bill is a foregone conclusion -- but the step by step progress is a travesty on American business and American home life.

Pub Date: Sept. 9, 1952

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1952

Categories: FICTION