At Publishers Weekly she named a top ten list of dysfunctional families in literature, including:
A Game of Thrones/The Lannister family.Read about another entry on the list.
The Lannisters, a rich and powerful dynasty in this absurdly popular fantasy series, lead the juiciest of lives, rife with incest, murder, pillaging, sabotage, betrayal. I would not recommend messing with them.
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Also see--Simon Mason's top ten fictional families.
--Marshal Zeringue