An interesting if meandering look at the Kennedy clan, mainly the convoluted psychological dynamics surrounding them.

Willis doesn't cleanly structure the book around an overarching thesis, but sort of wanders around the topics he finds interesting about John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy—their father, careers, and hive of supplicants. Manages to be both damning and sympathetic, as he recognizes the sort of strictures they were forced to operate under due to their own myths and predecessors. Even when it feels semi-aimless, Willis still manages to have an interesting observation every page or so, making the whole book very worthwhile but probably not the first book to read on the subject.