{"product_id":"western-alliances-9781250090003","title":"Western Alliances","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Lookaway, Lookaway\u003c\/i\u003e, Wilton Barnhardt's \u003ci\u003eWestern Alliances\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid portrait of a wealthy family set against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crisis. This laugh-out-loud, darkly funny novel follows the Costa family--whose members are every bit as richly absurd as the characters in HBO's \u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSalvador, the patriarch, runs one of Wall Street's biggest banks the summer before everything collapses; Roberto and Rachel, his two children, have never worked a day in their lives; and Lena, his ex-wife, is a scheming hypochondriac. Part travelogue, part epic family drama, the novel follows Roberto and Rachel across Europe as the two dilettantes come to terms with their father's choices and the repercussions of his actions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOozing with his signature satire and biting wit, Barnhardt invites readers on a literary romp from an elegant Paris apartment to a hilariously-inept London hotel, ancient churches and crypts to gleaming Mediterranean coasts, hot dog stands in Providence, RI to the best places in Manhattan, and terrifying encounters in the Serbian countryside to dangerous liaisons in Moscow, as two grown-up rich kids are forced to come of age at last. In \u003ci\u003eWestern Alliances \u003c\/i\u003eBarnhardt he delivers an un-put-down-able saga examining privilege, loyalty, ambition, and what family members owe to one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilton Barnhardt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.52h x 6.37w x 1.28d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250090003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2023 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWILTON BARNHARDT is the author of \u003ci\u003eLookaway, Lookaway, \u003c\/i\u003e a New York Times and IndieBound bestseller and Kirkus and Slate best book of the year. His previous novels are \u003ci\u003eGospel, Show World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEmma Who Saved My Life\u003c\/i\u003e. A native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, he teaches fiction in the master of fine arts in creative writing program at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he lives\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41179273199731,"sku":"9.78125E+12","price":32.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_70f4a28a-403f-47d6-9e65-341ff03f1a51.jpg?v=1703606576","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/western-alliances-9781250090003","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}