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The View From Pompey's Head
The ruthless accumulation the spending and the ultimate disposition of agreat New Orleans fortune furnish the motive force in Shirley Ann Grausbrilliant novel of three American generations whose lives are caught up in andshaped by the currents of southern power.As his family hovers around him heirs apparent the ninetyfiveyearoldmultimillionaire Thomas Henry Oliver holds court. While the acquisition ofmoney has liberated Oliver unleashing his torrential energies it hassuffocated his daughter Anna who has retreated into religious fanaticism andturned his younger daughter Margaret into a shrewd businesswoman. Robert thepovertystricken Cajun boy whom Oliver raised to be the son he never had ispossessed by the money. Of everyone exposed to Oliver and his gold only thesecretive black chauffeur Stanley the legendary condor of the title appears to have held himself intact. «
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