First published 2009
Frank Lloyd Wright stands in his revolutionary home as another scandal erupts around him. The legendary architect has built structures that defy convention, but his personal life crumbles with equal drama. Affairs explode into public spectacles. Hearts shatter like glass. Fires consume entire wings of his houses while reporters camp outside, hungry for the next disaster. Wright moves through this chaos as both creator and destroyer, a man whose towering genius matches his bottomless emotional demands. He sweeps aside lovers, family, and colleagues with the same ruthless vision that transforms American architecture. The women in his orbit pay the price for his relentless ambition. Boyle captures Wright as a force of nature who cannot contain his own appetites, showing how brilliance and destruction intertwine in one of America's most celebrated yet troubled icons.
Genres: american-fiction, 20th-century, biographical-fiction, architecture
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: character-driven, complex-relationships, redemption
Period: 20th Century
451 pages · Hardcover · The Viking Press