Description
A novel of money and morality from the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind
Brooke wants. She isn’t in need but there are things she wants. A sense of purpose for instance. She wants to make a difference in the world to impress her mother along the way to spend time with friends and secure her independence. Her job assisting an octogenarian billionaire in his quest to give away a vast fortune could help her achieve many of these goals. It may inspire new desires as well: proximity to wealth turns out to be nothing less than transformative. What is money really but a kind of belief?
Taut unsettling and alive to the seductive distortions of money Entitlement is a riveting tale for our new gilded age a story that confidently considers questions about need and worth race and privilege philanthropy and generosity passion and obsession. It is a provocative propulsive novel about the American imagination.
