Kim Williams's Reviews > Golden Boy: A Murder Among the Manhattan Elite

Strange but true story of privileged but disturbed man who shoots his father in cold blood at point blank range.
Was Tom Gilbert Jr.'s mental illness enough for a defense, or did his privilege and sense of entitlement lead to this murderous act?
I found the study of this drug using, good-looking, surfer guy, the social circle he aspired to - but couldn't quite fit in, and his enabling parents, fascinating.

Author John Glatt is accomplished in researching and writing about these kinds of cases.
Occasionally he throws in a personal opinion, which I didn't always agree with. Such as the time Tom won't let a woman out of his car. Glatt speculated that this was perhaps a sign of his emerging psychosis, but I feel the opposite. To me incident displayed his feeling of entitlement to this woman, and not mental illness.

I'm assuming this man is still in prison somewhere, and I'd love to read a follow up to this interesting case and Tom Jr.'s current mental state.