Although Bryce comes from an old-money background like the rest of the Preppies, his actual financial situation is in ruins. His father squandered the family's wealth on "gambling, booze, and women," and has also suffered massive losses in the stock market. This decline has left them as the only family at their exclusive social club, Golf & Yacht, without a boat. Terrified that his peers will discover his poverty and disown him, Bryce relies on massive exaggerations and lies to maintain his facade. He is forced to work a summer service job at the Golf & Yacht Club simply to pay for his school tuition, though he publicly tries to spin this as a way of establishing connections, noting that one guy even offered him a job as Vice President.
Speaks in measured bursts, like a report; dry asides slip in without warning.
