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T. C. Boyle spins a dazzling, wry account of Frank Lloyd Wright’s life, told through the perspectives of the four women who inspired and challenged him. From the Montenegrin beauty Olgivanna Milanoff and Southern belle Maud Norse to the spirited Mamah Cheney—tragically killed—and young first wife Kitty Tobin, the novel captures Wright’s relentless defiance of convention, whether aesthetic, social, moral, or romantic. Boyle’s imaginative narrative celebrates the creative life’s grandeur and complexity, tracing how each woman shaped the architect’s triumphs and defeats.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: T. Coraghessan Boyle
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