Vancouver-based, international real estate broker Garland Landseer’s life is perfect—a collection of Ferraris, grand cru wines, and personal real estate in Palm Springs, Paris and Hawaii—until his wife discovers his long-term affair and leaves him, taking their three grown daughters, who are equally outraged at their father’s affair, with her. 

Simultaneously, ultra-luxury real estate developments along Vancouver’s Stanley Park seawall and in Waikiki collapse, pushing Garland’s business and lifestyle to the brink, leading him to import and distribute fentanyl in a desperate attempt to prop up his crumbling empire.

As the losses pile up and the pressure mounts, Garland turns his skills to importing and distributing fentanyl in an effort to keep his brokerage and lifestyle afloat. His wife is demanding a divorce, his mostly AWOL partner in the brokerage is focused on his legacy project, the money laundering criminals he sold real estate to want their money back, his daughters want nothing to do with him, his mistress won’t leave him alone, he’s increasingly dependent on alcohol and various designer drugs, his client has abandoned him to the wolves, and, when it can’t get any worse, it does.

The story is told by Garland—brilliant, charismatic, and cynical in equal measure— who believes he can manage any project he touches, including his personal relationships. 

“A head-on collision on the Stanley Park seawall between Fear & Loathing and The Wolf of Wall Street. Hilarious send-up of the cast of exotic characters that populate the upper and lower ends of Vancouver’s real estate and money laundering industries. Caution: almost sure to offend some folks.”

“Finally, an insider’s cool appraisal of the sharp-elbowed world of Vancouver real estate. The Vancouver Model pulls together the long threads of the predators’ ball that keep the suckers in the game. This is for those who know, and don’t get fooled by the politicians and pundits who tell you everything is alright; it isn’t.”

“A brilliantly comedic tale of an egocentric narcissist with no real connection to the relational destruction he leaves in his wake.”