The Privileges

this is my best goodreads.com win so far. i entered to win this one because i really liked palladio, even though i can't remember anything about it, really. just flashes: advertising, a woman, secrets...but i remember being really impressed with it all those years ago. (someone else should read it a......more

1) I believe that whatever disasters strike this small blue planet of ours, global warming, a new pandemic, whatever, the rich will not only sail though unaffected, they’ll hardly notice what’s killing the rest of us. They’ll be somewhat put out when they have to replace their domestic staff more fr......more

"How much to too much? How many is too many?" Dee says "The correct answer was that there was no such thing as too many, because it wasn't about need, it was about feeling safe in the world, and were you ever going to feel as safe as you needed to feel? No. No. Success was a fortress at which fear c......more