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The Fall of Princes: A Novel door Robert…
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The Fall of Princes: A Novel (origineel 2015; editie 2015)

door Robert Goolrick (Auteur)

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"In the spellbinding new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Goolrick, 1980s Manhattan shimmers like the mirage it was, as money, power, and invincibility seduce a group of young Wall Street turks. Together they reach the pinnacle, achieving the kind of wealth that grants them access to anything--and anyone--they want. Until, one by one, they fall. With the literary chops of Bonfire of the Vanities and the dizzying decadence of The Wolf of Wall Street, The Fall of Princes takes readers into a world of hedonistic highs and devastating lows, weaving a visceral tale about the lives of these young men, winners all . . . until someone changes the rules of the game. Goolrick paints a magnificently authentic portrait of an era, tense and stylish, perfectly mixing adrenaline and melancholy. Stunning in its acute observations about great wealth and its absence, and deeply moving in its depiction of the ways in which these men learn to cope with both extremes, the novel travels from New York to Paris to Los Angeles to Italy to Las Vegas to London, on a journey that is as startling as it is starkly revealing, a true tour de force"--From publisher.… (meer)
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Titel:The Fall of Princes: A Novel
Auteurs:Robert Goolrick (Auteur)
Info:Algonquin Books (2015), Edition: First Printing, 304 pages
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Vertigineuse chute des princes de Robert Goolrick. J’en tombe encore ( )
  noid.ch | Mar 17, 2022 |
Story was compelling. Young man works for investment firm. Makes a boat load of money. Spends a boat load of money on women, fast cars, drugs and other extravagances. Power and money gets to his head. Mistreats people, mainly women he sleeps with. Then young man loses job. Becomes a pariah---no one wants to hire him. Wife divorces him. Good-bye opulent life style.

Time for a comenback but it’s not that easy. He has to reckon with the demons inside him. Spends time working in a book store and trying to get by on a very low income and diminished expectations.

Well written book. Lots of karma inside...
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  writemoves | Oct 26, 2021 |
I almost gave up on this one a hundred times, and hated the first 2/3 of the book, but Holly and the last few chapters saved it for me. ( )
  AmyCahillane | Feb 24, 2016 |
A fun look at the 1980s from the perspective of a high-riding Wall Street trader who made and spent huge amounts of money during the tumultuous decade. Rooney writes from his older and wiser perspective as he recounts how he gained and lost everything - his job, his home, his wife, and his friends. Rooney's downfall is very human at times - it takes him a surprisingly long time to realize how fall he has fallen in the world - and almost too easy to relate to. Good, but not amazing reading (not quite as good as the same author's novel A Reliable Wife). ( )
  wagner.sarah35 | Feb 8, 2016 |
I both liked and disliked The Fall of Princes. Basically, it's about the self-excessive lifestyles that went on in NYC in the 1980s. As usual, Robert Goolrick's writing is great (I have read and loved his past two novels), but here I just didn't like the protagonist, a man who seemingly gets what he deserves, and he reflects on that. I don't think any reader could possibly like this person -- certainly, almost no one else in this novel liked him either.

It wasn't until the last forty pages of this novel that I finally started feeling some sympathy for this train-wreck of a guy. I wish Goolrick had made Rooney, and the people around him, at least a bit more likeable. I got the sense (from what I've read of Goolrick's background) that this novel may be semi-autobiographical, and perhaps for that reason Goolrick didn't want us to like what was going on, or the characters, because he didn't like himself and some of his actions in the past. ( )
  ValerieAndBooks | Jan 20, 2016 |
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"In the spellbinding new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Goolrick, 1980s Manhattan shimmers like the mirage it was, as money, power, and invincibility seduce a group of young Wall Street turks. Together they reach the pinnacle, achieving the kind of wealth that grants them access to anything--and anyone--they want. Until, one by one, they fall. With the literary chops of Bonfire of the Vanities and the dizzying decadence of The Wolf of Wall Street, The Fall of Princes takes readers into a world of hedonistic highs and devastating lows, weaving a visceral tale about the lives of these young men, winners all . . . until someone changes the rules of the game. Goolrick paints a magnificently authentic portrait of an era, tense and stylish, perfectly mixing adrenaline and melancholy. Stunning in its acute observations about great wealth and its absence, and deeply moving in its depiction of the ways in which these men learn to cope with both extremes, the novel travels from New York to Paris to Los Angeles to Italy to Las Vegas to London, on a journey that is as startling as it is starkly revealing, a true tour de force"--From publisher.

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