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This is the kind of novel that Auchincloss renders with supreme skill, earning him appreciative comparisons with Henry James and Edith Wharton. A dark, fascinating, and complex tale of old money and the suffocating, morally perilous world of privilege, it traces the history of a wealthy New York family, the Carnochans, from their beginnings in this country before t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More