New York Times Bestseller and Book of the Year by The Guardian / Observer. When the powerful real estate magnate Nero Golden immigrates to the USA under mysterious circumstances, he and his three adult children assume new identities, choosing Roman names and moving into a magnificent mansion in the heart of Manhattan. Arriving shortly after Barack Obama's inauguration, he and his sons, each extraordinary in their own way, quickly establish themselves at the top of New York society. The story of the Golden family is told from the perspective of their neighbor and confidant René, an aspiring filmmaker who finds the perfect subject in the Goldens. René documents the decline of the Golden household: the high life of money, art, and fashion, a sibling rivalry, an unexpected metamorphosis, the appearance of a beautiful woman, betrayal, and murder, and far away, in their abandoned homeland, some.