Story of Drug-Addicted, Closeted NBA Player a Witty Slam-Dunk that Explores Serious Moral Questions

Author and attorney Jody Weiner plunges readers into a darkly humorous page-turner about justice, family ties and the twisted road to redemption in his new novel, Raise Your Other Right Hand.

When NBA superstar Radon Jaalaba goes missing from a nationally televised game on Christmas after fleeing the scene of a drug-related shooting that kills his intimate friend and a responding police officer, attorney Archie Krafter is handed the case of his career. Once America’s hero on the basketball court, Radon is now on trial for his life, battling addiction and the weight of a career-threatening secret.

Radon’s case isn’t the only thing on Archie Krafter’s plate. Archie and his wife, Lora, a talented musician and proprietor of a small repertory theater, find themselves ensnared in her notorious family’s business. Lora’s estranged father, Sal Dellacozzi, the aging “Rapini King” of Northern California, calls on Lora to look after her younger brother, Dominic, who also seeks Archie’s legal help as he has been unjustly accused in an international identity theft ring operating from a Dellacozzi Industries building.

“Although the book is fiction, Radon’s trial is set during the last NBA owners’ lockout and players’ strike, lending authenticity to his fading hope of ever playing again, and providing context to satirize a silent ban on openly gay players in the NBA that may still exist,” Weiner explained.

Along the harrowing ride to Radon and Dominic’s days of reckoning, Archie and Lora's marriage is tested in ways for which they could never prepare. Still in love after 13 years, their compatible neuroses allow them to share their personal and professional lives, too often crossing into each other’s lane while driving this fast-paced narrative toward its satisfying and unexpected conclusion.

Raise Your Other Right Hand

Publisher: Speaking Volumes

Release Date: March 11, 2025

ISBN-13: 979-8-89022-250-3‎

(e-book): 979-8-89022-249-7

To be available for pre-order on Amazon.com