The Heirs is a book that I was lucky to read at the right time, in the right mood. It's one of those books.It's a complex novel of family, wealth, what holds people together and what drives them apart. It's relatable in that emotional way for the everyday Joe who doesn't have millions (i.e. me), and at the same time it's so far removed from most people's lives that you can't help but feel better at the fuckedupedness of the Falkes clan.
A family of five boys whose father dies leaves behind and exposes secrets that totally shake up their world. And, while this isn't a Wes Anderson movie (I know, right?), and this concept of elite families and their hidden crazy seems to run amok in many books these days, this one was just plain fun, and eloquently written.
If you feel like escaping the mundaneness of your little life and enter the somehow still dramatic mundaneness of the New York Elite, give this one a shot. Love, death, sex, family, and the all important dollar bill are universal themes, after all.
*This book was received for free from Blogging for Books for review.
