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James Grant
by Stanislas Yassukovich
GENRE: Novel
PUBLICATION DATE: 09/30/2020
DESCRIPTION:
James Grant is the heir to banking fortune and a trust fund baby. The story of his decline and fall is told by his best friend (Misha), the son of a White Russian émigré. They meet at grade school; Misha is insecure because he is surrounded by WASP children and James is insecure because he is from a dysfunctional family and being brought up by a nanny and his uncle. Misha becomes successful but James suffers a series of crises brought on by drink and fecklessness. Misha sticks with his friend who goes downhill with motor car crashes, failed marriage, no career, frustrated hopes, relationships based on his wealth, a term in jail, etc. The story reconstructs the contributing factors within the Grant family and unfolds within the framework of America's "old money" families who no longer have the national status they once had but have retained their glamour and style
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Born in Paris in 1935 of a White Russian émigré father and French mother. educated at Deerfield Academy and Harvard College, served in USMC, pursued distinguished career as investment banker in the City of London. Four works of fiction, travel memoir and auto biography published by Austin Macauley in London, numerous contributions to newspapers and magazines. Honors: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Freeman of the City of London. Married, three children, lives in the Western Cape, South Africa.
REVIEWS:
"Author Yassukovich provides us with an adept character study and is masterful at revealing James’ soul, as well as intricately dissecting society’s upper class as they go about jet-setting their ways." - BookTrib
COMPARATIVE FILM/BOOK:
The Great Gatsby
CASTING:
James Grant - Leo di Caprio, Misha - Adam Driver, Mrs Grant - Ann Hathaway
PRIMARY VENUES/LOCATIONS WITHIN THE BOOK:
North Shore Long Island, Manhattan, Palm Beach, Aiken S.C, Jackson Hole Wyoming, Paris France