03256cam a2200553 4500 918202483 TxAuBib 20230804120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250899101 1250899109 136e05dc-d28c-464d-9f84-1c2b8e162f10 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9254799 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Barnhardt, Wilton. Western Alliances [Libby Audiobook]. Macmillan Audio, 2023. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 417MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 417MB. dysfunctional family. Brothers and sisters. Financial Crash. relationship. Family Saga . family drama. Wall Street. privilege . realistic. rich kids. marriage. New York. Humorous. loyalty. parents. Divorce. England. satire. Europe. Travel. funny. 2008. HTML:<p>From the <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>Lookaway, Lookaway</i>, Wilton Barnhardt's <i>Western Alliances</i> 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 <i>Succession</i>.<br /> Salvador, 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.<br /> Oozing with his signature satire and biting wit, Barnhardt invites listeners 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, Rhode Island 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 <i>Western Alliances</i> Barnhardt he delivers a riveting saga examining privilege, loyalty, ambition, and what family members owe to one another.<br /> <b>A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.</b></p>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-08-03 20:00:02. Hewitt, Caroline. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=136e05dc-d28c-464d-9f84-1c2b8e162f10&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=136e05dc-d28c-464d-9f84-1c2b8e162f10&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)