Chapter 16

“Nepotism is never a bad thing where talent is concerned,” Brenna told Vanity Fairin its exposé on The Wreckas one of the print media’s last hurrahs.

She was equally frank about her love of art and sport. She had written her thesis on homoerotic influences in both.

“I love them, because I love looking at beautiful men,” she told Vanity Fair. “On the whole, I think they’re the prettier sex though not the smarter.”

Such remarks, Mort James swore, led to his quadruple bypass and early retirement. Secretly, however, he admired the way his daughter gave everyone hell. As she was giving Smalley now.