The Royal Family (novel)

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The Royal Family

2001 Penguin Books paperback edition
Author William T. Vollmann
Cover artist William T. Vollmann (photography)
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Viking Penguin
Publication date 2000
Media type Print (Paperback & Hardback)
Pages 780 pp
ISBN ISBN 0-14-100200-X (paperback)

The Royal Family is a novel by William T. Vollmann, first published by Viking Penguin in 2000.

This massive novel (780 trade paperback-sized pages and 593 chapters) tells the story of a private detective named Henry Tyler who seeks out to find the Queen of the Prostitutes after the woman he loves commits suicide.