The Lincoln Lords
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
In the high-stakes world of American corporate ambition, Cameron Hawley's The Lincoln Lords chronicles the story of Ade Quincy, a charismatic but deeply flawed executive whose polished exterior masks a lifetime of professional reinvention and personal compromise. Set against the backdrop of mid-century American business culture, the novel presents a searing portrait of a man caught between the image he has carefully constructed and the crumbling reality beneath it, as he takes the helm of a struggling food company and attempts one final, desperate ascent to the top. Hawley, celebrated for his insider's command of corporate America in Executive Suite and Cash McCall, once again illustrates the moral ambiguities and human costs concealed behind boardroom doors, writing with the precision of someone who lived that world firsthand. His prose is unflinching and psychologically acute, dissecting the myths of success, loyalty, and identity that define — and ultimately destroy — men who confuse their careers with their souls. A masterwork of mid-century American realism, The Lincoln Lords leaves the reader asking a haunting question: what does a man truly have left when the title on his door is finally taken away?
Author: Cameron Hawley
Format: Hardback
Published: 1961
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st uk ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
In the high-stakes world of American corporate ambition, Cameron Hawley's The Lincoln Lords chronicles the story of Ade Quincy, a charismatic but deeply flawed executive whose polished exterior masks a lifetime of professional reinvention and personal compromise. Set against the backdrop of mid-century American business culture, the novel presents a searing portrait of a man caught between the image he has carefully constructed and the crumbling reality beneath it, as he takes the helm of a struggling food company and attempts one final, desperate ascent to the top. Hawley, celebrated for his insider's command of corporate America in Executive Suite and Cash McCall, once again illustrates the moral ambiguities and human costs concealed behind boardroom doors, writing with the precision of someone who lived that world firsthand. His prose is unflinching and psychologically acute, dissecting the myths of success, loyalty, and identity that define — and ultimately destroy — men who confuse their careers with their souls. A masterwork of mid-century American realism, The Lincoln Lords leaves the reader asking a haunting question: what does a man truly have left when the title on his door is finally taken away?