Ghosts of Manhattan - 9781451672602
Un libro in lingua di Douglas Brunt edito da Touchstone Books, 2013
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A wryly comic debut novel offering a withering view of life on Wall Street from the perspective of an unhappy insider who is too hooked on the money to find a way out, even as his career is ruining his marriage and corroding his soul
IT’S 2005. Nick Farmer is a thirty-five-year-old bond trader with Bear Stearns clearing seven figures a year. The novelty of a work-related nightlife centering on liquor, hookers, and cocaine has long since worn thin, though Nick remains keenly addicted to his annual bonus. But the lifestyle is taking a toll on his marriage—and on him.
When a nerdy analyst approaches him with apocalyptic prognostications of where Bear’s high-flying mortgage-backed securities trading may lead, Nick is presented with the kind of ethical dilemma he has spent a lifetime avoiding. Throw in a hot financial journalist who seems to be more interested in him than in the percolating financial Armageddon, and the prospect that his wife may have found a new romantic interest of her own, and you have the recipe for Nick’s personal and professional implosion.
By turns hilarious and harrowing, Ghosts of Manhattan follows a winning but flawed character as he struggles to find the right path in a complicated urban heart of darkness.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Ghosts of Manhattan
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Douglas Brunt
- Editore: Touchstone Books
- Collana: Touchstone Books (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 14 Maggio '13
- Genere: FICTION
- Pagine: 275
- Dimensioni mm: 203 x 133 x 0
- EAN-13: 9781451672602