Really intriguing format to this book. Part one is a novel, a fictional story about a stock market tycoon and his philanthropist wife in the early 1900’s. Part two is an autobiography, the tycoon’s reaction to the novel as he believes the novel is about him and paints an inaccurate picture. Part three is told by the tycoon’s ghostwriter as she struggles to square what is true in the novel and what is true according to the tycoon. Part four are journal entries by the tycoon’s wife that tell yet another version of reality. The reader is left to discern whom to “trust” and what’s the actual truth. The first two parts of the book are just flat, boring and a slog to get through. Part three is better and some of the overlapping parts come together, yet still slow. Part four adds little. So great premise, mediocre execution.