May We Be Forgiven

May We Be Forgiven (2012) by A.M. Homes. Harold Silver, the  protagonist of the book, has spent a lifetime watching his younger brother, George, succeed on a grand scale while he, Harold, has struggled. Then, one fateful night, Harold sleeps with George's wife, Jane. When George catches them in bed together, his rage is directed at Jane, whom he proceeds to bash on the head with a lamp, killing her. This book is all about the year following that fateful night, and how Harold ends up in charge of George's affairs, and George's two children. It's a wild, raucous ride of a book, with outlandish event following outlandish event until the reader is apt to be quite overwhelmed. It never fails to be entertaining, however, and it ends on a nice grace note. Grade: B