The Boys of Belle Haven (e-book) (used book) | Peter Haaren | bookbook.eu

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In this genre-busting debut novel the excesses of Connecticut's money-marinated Gold Coast in the latter half of the last century unfold, along with the "gasoline sculptures."

Amid splendid settings, where turbulent emotions and authentic thought are squelched by parental scrutiny and social decorum, narrator Cindy Taine maintains her independence, shining a light into one of the most extraordinary economic bubbles in history, as exemplified by Belle Haven, a peninsular jewel of real estate ruled by the Olympians of the financial world. Writing on her computer in the Stone Cottage, alone with a fund of memories, Cindy shifts from musing on her own life to telling the story of her mega-successful neighbor, hedge fund whiz Jerrold Draper, whose moody son Jesse is kidnapped by eco-activists and jettisoned into the steamy Jungle of Gabon where, through the agencies of the mysterious Pygmy People and an elusive Golden Cat, he discovers a power that distills its essence within every particle of mist. . . .

The Boys of Belle Haven is a probing glimpse into our times--when success is disproportionate to our expectations, where we wake up wondering about the connection between ourselves and the world around us.