Henry Henry

LAUGH NOW. CRY LATER.
Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere...

It’s London, 2014, and Hal Lancaster, son and heir of Henry, Duke of Lancaster, is in a holding pattern: his mother is dead, his father is dying or remarrying or both, his siblings are fighting, his internship is pointless, and nobody will leave him alone. 

Everything is as it should be and yet nothing is right. Over the course of a year of partying, drinking, and flirting to dubious consequence, Hal is tested by brutal family legacies, Catholic guilt, and the terrifying possibility of being loved. The House of Lancaster will never be the same. 

Crackling with intelligence and wit, Henry Henry is a brilliant recasting of the Henriad in which Hal Lancaster is a queer protagonist for a new era. Allen Bratton arrives as a successor to Waugh and St. Aubyn with this lush, stylish novel of family, legacy, and what it means to be alive today.

Well written -Dissapointing

Story ends very unconclusivly. kept reading vainfully hoping for a point reason for the story. Authors writing talent clear. Hope next novel finds a purpose and doesn't aimlessly wander - like it's characters - who the author does an excellent job painting.

Couldn’t Finish it

If you just want to be miserable listening to a book about trauma unresolved with no real plot, then this is the book for you. To be honest, I didn’t even finish it. I couldn’t. The narration was fine enough.