Hanover Place

by Michael M. Thomas

The two proud and fabulously wealthy families behind Wall Street's Warrington investment house face war, depression, and family turmoil in the early twentieth century

Genres: Historical Fiction, Family Saga

596 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The financial stuff is very good, not that I know much about it, but it seems that way. It's about the old rich and the new rich, and anti-semitism. I don't know if it's guilty of that or just trying to show how everpresent and insidious it is. It's a very fine line. Living in NYC during the Dennis Levine scandal, even a friend of mine remarked about how many Jews were involved in insider trading.

I almost gave up on the book when he, for no reason, kills off the one sympathetic character. From a novelist's viewpoint, his characters are not deep or realistic.

I'm curious as to what other readers thought about the anti-semitic tenor of the book. I just read an article by Alan Dershowitz in which he proves that Thomas is indeed an anti-Semite.

[Sue Beck · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is an interesting story. I don’t follow Wall Street so some of that discussion was challenging. I did enjoy the family history of Lyda Warrington in 20th century Manhattan. The development of the city and the art scene with all its prejudice and class distinctions gives me another understanding of NY. The story kept me engaged but probably won’t read another by this author.

[morallyblackchaos · Rating 3 out of 5]

DNF. 👎🏻

[Gerneylee Carter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Re-reading. Have a specific reason for re reading, however, I find much more that I am loving and relating to in multiple ways.
Difficult to believe there are few reviews of this incredible prophetic novel. Not only is it like reading the story of the 2008 economic crash but it was the cause of much argument and bitterness in the monied abd intellectual class in New York City.
There are a few male wishful thinking sex scenes but I suspect men can not help themselves having these ideas and in the long run we profit from it for they long for us (women).
From my experience dashing in and out of that world I find it to be an accurate view of the behaviors of all parties. Judith Martin not withstanding.

[Jackie Simons]

Read 1/95

[Cws]

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