Corporate Corruption and Grass-Roots Politics Go Head to Head in First-Time Author Louis Leon's New Novel, `Congress Avenue'.Feature/Entertainment Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 25, 2001 It isn't always easy for a man to walk the line between his conscience and his ambitions. Especially when behind this one man stands three strong-willed women with lofty ideas of their own. "Congress Avenue," the premier novel from Louis Leon, is a compelling story about three women from diverse cultures manipulating a man struggling to reform. In this intriguing novel, Ruben Lopez employs his innate street smarts street smarts Vox populi Worldly wisdom and wariness in human interactions. Cf Social smarts. to climb from the depths of Houston's barrios Barrios is a name of Hispanic origin. The name may refer to: Persons
After spending nine of his first twenty-one years incarcerated incarcerated /in·car·cer·at·ed/ (in-kahr´ser-at?ed) imprisoned; constricted; subjected to incarceration. in·car·cer·at·ed adj. Confined or trapped, as a hernia. , Ruben works to keep his vow never to return to prison with the help of the women who have taken a personal stake in his life. Marcia Gutierrez is his beautiful lawyer who repeatedly rejects his lust. Ann Ross, the aggressive newspaper columnist Noun 1. newspaper columnist - a columnist who writes for newspapers agony aunt - a newspaper columnist who answers questions and offers advice on personal problems to people who write in columnist, editorialist - a journalist who writes editorials , willingly puts a favorable spin in reports over the years of Ruben's questionable progress into respectability, while his ambitious executive assistant, Althea Lane, uses Ruben as a company spy while showing him how to rise through the company hierarchy. Ruben progressively faces the challenges of poverty, violence, racism, gangs, corporate corruption and grass-roots politics while contesting arrogant judges, community leaders, company embezzlers and even the good-ole-boy governor of Texas. Even as Ruben advances into corporate and political success, does he really change from the juvenile delinquent juvenile delinquent n. a person who is under age (usually below 18), who is found to have committed a crime in states which have declared by law that a minor lacks responsibility and thus may not be sentenced as an adult. he was as a youth? While tackling many of today's social issues, "Congress Avenue" deftly takes the reader into the heart of a man fighting to keep his standards in place while reaching for the political brass ring brass ring n. Slang An opportunity to achieve wealth or success; a prize or reward: "missed the brass ring of American success" Lewis H. Lapham. Noun 1. -- all while continuously working to make peace with his past. "Congress Avenue" is available for $20.95 at most bookstores or can be purchased online at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. About the Author Louis Leon, a native of Texas and a decorated World War II veteran, lives in Sugar Land, Texas with his wife, Fannie. Together they have three grown daughters. A graduate of Texas A&M University in the field of engineering, Leon worked in the international engineering and construction industry for over 40 years before retiring to work on both his golf game and his newfound new·found adj. Recently discovered: a newfound pastime. Adj. 1. newfound - newly discovered; "his newfound aggressiveness"; "Hudson pointed his ship down the coast of the newfound sea" career as a writer. |
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