Another Hogarth Shakespeare, this time the adaptation of King Lear. I'm not sure how I feel about this one. The main characters were there - dad, the 3 daughters, the loyal servant, the fool. There was not the plucking of eyeballs, but there were other acts of violence and there was definite madness: both in Dunbar and comically and sadly displayed by Peter Walker.
Dunbar (the Lear of this novel) gives his business empire to his two daughters so there were aspects of stock takeovers, trusts, etc. that I got mired in.
All in all I appreciate the adaptation for that but not sure I would recommend the book to anyone other than a Shakespeare fan.
Summary from Goodreads: Henry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global media corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he hands over care of the corporation to his two eldest daughters, Abby and Megan, but as relations sour he starts to doubt the wisdom of past decisions. [This is] an excoriating novel for and of our times - an examination of power, money and the value of forgiveness.
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