Jonathan Dee

The Privileges:
A Novel
978-0-8129-8079-0 | $15.00/$17.00C | RH Trade Paperbacks | TR
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READERS’ ADVISORY:
For readers who enjoy novels about life in
New York City, as well as fans of The Emperor’s
Children, The Corrections, and The Good Life.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

n odyssey of a couple touched by fortune, changed by time, and guided above all
A else by their epic love for each other. Lyrical, provocative, and brilliantly imagined, this
is a timely meditation on wealth, family, and what it means to leave the world richer than
you found it.
“Dee breaks fresh artistic ground with the sheer beauty and quiet poignancy of his prose...
A suspenseful, melancholy, and acidly funny tale about self, family, entitlement, and life’s
mysteries and inevitabilities.” —Booklist

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. What do you think the author was ultimately trying to say about wealth and greed? Do
you agree with him?

2. Adam and Cynthia have a bit of an obsession with leaving their pasts behind them.
Do you think this serves them well? What about their children? Does it ultimately
help or hinder them?

3. There are no specific references to dates in the novel, giving the story a sense that it
is suspended in time. Why do you think the author chose to do that?

4. Did you find yourself able to sympathize with these characters throughout their rise?
How important or necessary do you think it is for the reader to be able to do that?

5. Would you describe Adam and Cynthia as amoral, or as having their own sort of
morality? Is there a difference?

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