In a day of yuppie Wall Street scandals making front page news, this stunning, penetrating tale of the rich and the powerful will reach an audience of millions. Optioned for a movie by New Century Productions.
...this was my first Auchincloss book which I had chanced upon in the stacks in the late 1980s at the B & N on 14th Street. A true window into the personal lives of people that have "squatters rights" to Manhattan: old money New Yorkers. Auchincloss (as opposed to Jay McInerney) is inspired by Henry James, Edith Wharton - Great Authors who also inspire (some of) my own writing...thanks Louis - Im one of your biggest fans! I may never enter your realm of mastery but your work's influence is evident in my style...and no, I was never "tapped for Bulldog" at Yale....
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