8vo. Pp. [viii], 595. Glossy wraps.
On a luxurious Balinese island, the charismatic tycoon Marcus Brand entertains his six godchildren. By the end of the weekend, secrets will be revealed that will change everybody's life, a climax to the web of lies and betrayals spun over the course of four decades. By the former long-standing panjandrum of the UK wing of the Condé Nast empire, currently Chairman of the Victoria and Albert Museum, amongst a plethora of other posts. Dedicated to the author's seven godchildren, amongst them British models Cara Delevingne and Edie Campbell.
"[A] wickedly enjoyable novel about... class society being rapidly dismantled by global wealth... Coleridge dissects the social mores... with the precision of Tom Wolfe." –The New Yorker