A “riveting” (Wall Street Journal) portrait of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the women in his life – 2017 marks the 150th anniversary of Wright’s birth Having brought to life eccentric cereal king John Harvey Kellogg in The Road to Wellville and sex researcher Alfred Kinsey in The Inner Circle, T.C. Boyle now turns his fictional sights on an even more colorful and outlandish character: Frank … colorful and outlandish character: Frank Lloyd Wright. Boyle’s incomparable account of Wright’s life is told through the experiences of the four women who loved him. There’s the Montenegrin beauty Olgivanna Milanoff, the passionate Southern belle Maude Miriam Noel, the tragic Mamah Cheney, and his young first wife, Kitty Tobin. Blazing with his trademark wit and inventiveness, Boyle deftly captures these very different women and the creative life in all its complexity.
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Read this book for our book group. We were split on liking/not liking it. I had not finished it (and still haven’t). I found it interesting but so tragic. We also read the book Frank, and this was a much different and informative book about his marriages, love life, loss and being a jerk (more often than not).
Enjoyed reading about Wright’s women
It was hard to focus between narrator and multiple characters who each seemed to need his or her own voice. The subject matter was not worth the effort.
Frank Lloyd Wright allowed his sex drive to practically ruin his talent but for one who has just seen Fallingwater I can’t help love this book.
Beautifully written look into the personal life of world famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Main problem is that it was far too long for the material and a few of the women were portrayed (perhaps justly) as hysterics.
This is a wonderful novel of the relationships Frank Lloyd Wright had with a bevy of women and their impact on his life both personally and in his career as a world-renowned architect. He had a huge ego, and each woman who became involved with him presented unique perspectives and challenges in their relationship. Boyle is a great word-crafter and weaves the story among a variety of viewpoints. It’s a great piece to read if you enjoyed “Loving Frank.”