Best of Youth
After his parents are killed in a freak sailing accident, Henry Lang inherits 15 million dollars and decides to move to Brooklyn to see if he can make it in publishing, perhaps fall in love, and attend the sorts of parties and events he imagines 20-somethings in Brooklyn most likely frequent. Unfortunately, Henry is something of a target for other, more savvy Brooklynites, and he finds himself in a string of increasingly troubling situations and demoralizing romantic adventures. Things finally fall apart for him in catastrophic ways when he agrees to ghost-write a young adult novel for a charismatic but drug-addicted and sometimes-violent actor. Will Henry lose his entire fortune to save his integrity? By turns hilarious and tragic, The Best of Youth is a brilliant modern day comedy of manners