‘The Hazards of Fortune’ explores race, American justice system
Brooklyn BookBeat
Philanthropist and property developer Jay Gladstone would rather not think about issues of race or privilege. He is busy enough managing a rocky second marriage and an increasingly strained relationship with his liberal daughter.
But his world is not so far removed from that of Dag Maxwell, the African-American star basketball player on the team that Jay owns, or of Russell Plesko, a white cop whose decision one ordinary morning will have consequences that reshape a number of lives. And Jay must face the aftermath of colossal errors and the unpredictability of the court of public opinion.