And yet a good American novel. Geez ...

A curious novel. A subject astonishing and detonating: the very rich. Here is a subject "dicey" if any: either it is a nice bright satire, or it's a wild malice, or it's the rose water, to the B. Cartland. But here none of it: these people are very good, beautiful, intelligent, clean them, cool, are neither cynical nor contemptuous, nor swindlers! But the talent of Jonathan Dee is still offering us a virulent satire of wealth, and especially the world of the very rich, while loving his characters. He is constantly on the razor's edge, but it does not cut.
Only the end was deeply disappointed: it almost seems that the novel is not finished, something is missing! Or I really did not understand the ending! This is unfortunate because the penultimate scene is extremely touching: yes the rich also suffer.
So we have a very well written novel, frequently funny, well translated, very easy to read and even quite exciting, always interesting (ah, marriage, early! Great moment! Looks like R. Altman).
You'll understand you I highly recommend reading. And for an American it only has only 350 pages!
I would refer you to the brilliant Denis chronicle Urval (in the edition to 21) on this website.