Western Alliances

 

From the New York Times bestselling author of Lookaway, Lookaway, Western Alliances 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 Succession.

“Fans of HBO’s Succession will be attracted to the backstabbing and debauchery on gaudy display in Barnhardt’s campy, steamy social satire.”
—Booklist

“Deftly plotted . . . great fun . . . A likable, smart, wide-ranging ramble.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“There’s a line in this capacious, deeply satisfying and riotous novel. Barnhardt’s novel belongs on the first shelf of our grownup pleasures. Don’t miss it.”
—Richard Bausch, PEN/Malamud award-winning author of The Last Good Time