The Fall of Princes (CD-Audio)

from pdebolt

Robert Goolrick captures the essence of Wall Street and NYC in the early eighties with precision. The main character, Rooney, and his colleagues are caught up in a hedonistic culture where every excess is a cause for celebration and competition. Even though Rooney often has an epiphany about the ...

from amy1825

I received an ARC of this for review from an online site. this book takes place and is the 1980's. There are mentions of topics such as chasing and losing dreams, sex, alcohol, suicide, and so much more. There is some language used. It is descriptive writing, and makes you feel like you've been t...

from ValerieAndBooks

I both liked and disliked The Fall of Princes. Basically, it's about the self-excessive lifestyles that went on in NYC in the 1980s. As usual, Robert Goolrick's writing is great (I have read and loved his past two novels), but here I just didn't like the protagonist, a man who seemingly gets what...

from wagner.sarah35

A fun look at the 1980s from the perspective of a high-riding Wall Street trader who made and spent huge amounts of money during the tumultuous decade. Rooney writes from his older and wiser perspective as he recounts how he gained and lost everything - his job, his home, his wife, and his friend...

from DarthDeverell

Review of The Fall of Princes for LibraryThing When I received Robert Goolrick's The Fall of Princes, I expected it to resemble Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street and to focus on the excesses and debauchery of stock trading in the 1980s. And, while these things do occur, they are not the main foc...