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THE PRIVILEGES by Jonathan Dee
Jonathan Dee’s latest, THE PRIVILEGES, is a psychologically astute exploration of the toll privilege exacts on two generations – the self-made and the born-elite– of the Morey family. Cynthia and Adam Morey are easy to hate: they’re beautiful, socially adept, and madly in love – and unapologetic about it. As Adam’s brother says in his speech at their wedding (which opens the book), “They are a charmed couple. No one who knows them can doubt that they are destined to spend a long, happy, extraordinary life together.” At the worldly age of 22, the bride and groom don’t doubt it either and they traipse through their wedding day with the breeziness and ease of people certain of their impending prosperity. From here, life only gets better.
December 1, 2010
Tags: Contemporary, Literary Posted in: Contemporary, Greed & Corruption, Literary, Morality, Reading Guide 
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