Ghosts of Manhattan
NY: Touchstone by Simon & Schuster, 2010. 1st Edition Thus. Paperback. 5.5"x8 7/16". 288 pgs. First Printing. ADVANCE READER'S EDITION. Uncorrected Proof. Designed by Renata Di Biase. Author photo by Megan Kelly. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unmarked, unclipped. Only minor shelf wear. Collectible - Near Fine. Item #12713
ISBN: 9781451672596
"This instant New York Times bestseller offers 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’s 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 own 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 protagonist as he struggles to find the right path in a complicated urban heart of darkness." Goodreads 3.39.
Price: $15.00