Douglas Richardson

Trust Fund Baby Douglas Richardson

In The Corruption of Zachary R., book one in his American Strays series, Richardson tells the story of Zachary R.'s descent into psychosis and homelessness. In Trust Fund Baby, book two in the series, a homeless man is the last thing H. James "Jimmy" Branhoover ever sees. Who led Jimmy, a young man and the heir to his father's fortune, to such mysterious and tragic circumstances? Richardson goes back in time to Jimmy's early years, examining his relationships with his parents (the well-to-do and good-for-nothing banker H. Charles Branhoover and the former roughhouse prostitute Chloe Red); his childhood cohorts, the otherworldly Kay Sunday and the easygoing Innocent #2; the enigmatic Vander Stevenson; homeless man Charles Larson; and his estranged brother, Bernrd Red. Tragic, "[a]nd yet, so peculiar, charming, and hilariously funny," the American Strays will challenge and delight readers.