What Fun, (Hardcover)

<p><b><i>Succession </i>meets <i>The Talented Mr. Ripley</i> in this sharp and stylish satire of modern power about an aristocratic family and the fantastically wealthy American couple they befriend in troubled times.</b><br></p><p>The Gators are a sufficiently ancient English family who love their dogs more than their children and never cry at funerals. They're also pretty terrible with money, despite having encountered quite a lot of it. After an ill-advised scheme from their youngest son sees their grand private members club fall into financial troubles, they're thrilled to meet the young, exotic Wolffs: an outrageously rich and suspiciously beautiful couple, recently arrived in London from New York. But over a series of debaucherous holidays, as the families' lives and fates intertwine, it becomes increasingly difficult to tell who is really using who -- and just what each player might do to maintain their sacred way of life.</p><p>An elegant and sparkling comedy of manners, <i>What Fun </i>globe-trots around the playgrounds of the ultra-wealthy, from St. Moritz to Tuscany to Cap Ferret (only in August, of course), and discovers a family haunted across the generations by expectations, insecurities, absurdities and misplaced affections. Thick with observational humor and witty social commentary, it tells the story of a family, the story of a class, the story of a country--and the story of a club. Which, in this particular case, all turn out to be the exact same thing.</p>

• What Fun, (Hardcover)
• Author: Mariner Books
• ISBN: 9780063486812
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2027-02-16
• Page Count: 320