Paddy Murnaghan is a London property developer struggling to be a patriarch in increasingly feminist times. He craves worldly success for himself and his many children. Paddy is a force of nature who wants to emulate Joe Kennedy, the formidable father of John F. Kennedy. Paddy Murnaghan meets by chance his future wife, Grace on a Saturday night in Cambridge. He is studying Engineering she English Literature. When they meet again he outlines his ambitions for himself and his future family during a punt on the river Cam. Paddy is a self-proclaimed king who wants Grace to be his queen. Paddy is...