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From the author of the Patrick Melrose novels, now a major Sky Atlantic television series starring Benedict Cumberbatch

Henry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global media corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he handed over care of the corporation to his two eldest daughters,…

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1 author picked Dunbar as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

A creative and contemporary reimagining of King Lear, St Aubyn is as funny, biting, and devastating here as in his Patrick Melrose trilogy.

Even though we all know the plot, the story of media mogul Henry Dunbar is darkly entertaining and, at times, reads like a thriller as he navigates the web woven by his two corrupt daughters.

This novel is part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series, which enlisted well-known authors to retell the works of Shakespeare. Dunbar made me want to read them all.

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