Like Plastic

Howard and Charlie Levy loathe each other. They always have. Their fathers established the fortunes of the family plastics firm; Howard and Charlie are ruining it. But then Howard runs away. At the age of forty-seven he disappears because he can't think of anything he wants to do. Charlie is a hustler. Charlie is after the jackpot. Charlie has taken control of the company; and he has been staving off panic attacks by increased indulgence in cocaine and sex and aromatherapy. When Howard returns, the cousins' battle resumes, fought in the boardroom, in hospital wards, at the table-tennis table, while their family disintegrates around them.