The well-to-do Weiland family in Sara Sligar’s Vantage Point (MCD) is subject to a curse of untimely deaths. Their contemporary affliction is more digital in nature: Clara, whose brother, Teddy, is running for Senate, finds herself the victim of an explicit viral video that just might be a cunning deepfake. Clara and Teddy have been raised on a remote island in Maine surrounded by generational wealth, and there is an acutely rendered upstairs-downstairs dynamic that plays out in the novel as well, offering acerbic social commentary laid on top of a propulsive and highly entertaining plot.
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