The House of Getty Author:Russell Miller Ostensibly a three-generation portrait of a family whose bonds were "rotted" by money, this richly detailed book covers much the same ground as Robert Lenzner's The Great Getty, with billionaire oilman J. Paul Getty at center stage. For Miller, the family oil business is the thread for a lively narrative that begins in the... more » Oklahoma oilfields of the 1900s, traces J. Paul's headlong pursuit of his five "passions" (oil, art, money, women and sex), and ends with the stories of four sons whose continuing squabbles have left only their lawyers happy. Especially good on the family's early wildcatting days, British journalist Miller (Bunny uses anecdotes effectively to render a strange melodrama that will fascinate and appall many. Photos.« less