What do you do when everything comes apart? Will Baggett, the well-known TV weatherman in Raleigh, NC, had built a comfortable life for himself out of cards that collapsed when he lost his job. Captain Saturday by Robert Inman tells what motivated Will to construct his life and then what events caused it to deconstruct. Will has to decide what is important, how to achieve these things, and how to get back the important people in his life. With quirky characters like Cousin Wingfoot Baggett and attorney Morris deLesseps, Inman is able to bring the many layers of Will’s lost life together. The action moves between the pretend life in Raleigh and the real life in Cape Fear, NC with side trips to a jail, a country western bar, and a real estate office. The author also makes this a novel about the New South and how it is changing the Old South, losing in the process a sense of tradition and identity. Captain Saturday is a fine example of contemporary Southern fiction blending humor and pathos with the result being a good read.