The cloud dweller
By: Robert D. Hale.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Quantuck Lane Press; Distributed by W.W. Norton
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 499
Subjects: Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction.; Inheritance and succession -- Fiction.; Conflict of generations -- Fiction.; Children of the rich -- Fiction.; Rich people -- Fiction.; Young men -- Fiction.; Mansions -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Phil Fillmore is about to turn forty. While this is a traumatic event for most, for Phil, the last-of-the-line eccentric scion of a fabulously wealthy family, it will be life-changing, for that's when Oshatakea, the extraordinary Fillmore family estate, comes under to his control." "Oshatakea (which means "Cloud Dweller" in the Seneca language) was built in a river valley in upstate New York six generations ago above a small town with the family name, and built up in high style. Phil's grandfather FP Fillmore purchased hundreds of rooms and entire structures during his European travels. A baroque theatre from Austria, a convent from Spain, a monastery from Greece, an Italian villa - all were dismantled and reconstructed in the Fillmore's mountain kingdom. Here in their separate universe, the Fillmore family and the residents of the town have lived in a symbiotic existence for centuries. But all that is about to change."

"As the last surviving member of the illustrious clan, Phil unfortunately has no interest in bearing such a burden. He'd prefer to continue dressing like a tramp, lunching regularly at the diner in town, and living by himself in the gargantuan house. But in order to control his future, Phil must contend with meddling bankers, ancient aunts, escaped mental patients, the memory of his monstrous mother's long-drawn-out death, and, unexpectedly - love."--Jacket.