The Straw Man Author:Barbara Goldsmith "Pearls around the neck -- stones upon the heart" -- the old proverb couldn't apply better than to Bertram Ogden/Bertie/Birdie Royceman, only scion of a fabulously rich art collector-banker, who dropped out early in the competition against his father. He's always felt nothing -- like less than nothing. Now at the death of ... more »the old man, the will has been carefully rigged by a lawyer who calls him a piss-ant ("at least it's hyphenated") so that most of the estate will become a museum.
Including the Ingres and the Degas which had been promised him -- this hurts. Bertrie is left with the option of doing something for once by attempting to break the will (the Straw Man of the title which is a "jerk-off device" and detour en route to debatable legal complexities) or initiating several disruptive actions against the collection itself (from roaches to arson). « less