A big 'signing session' hit at Waterstone's branches up and down the land.
Arguably one of the most biting cult classics about the financial crisis and the dark heart of the social/economic order in general.
An exciting, thought-provoking literary thriller. Too Hot for Random Penguin Harper Inc
No hype, no disappointment - no punches pulled.
The City Dealer
it's a long scorching summer in the City of London. Can you recognise it?
Idealistic young financier, Clive Pitt, turns 'whistle blower' on his employer. He returns to find that his career is apparently deleted, and faces personal ruin and even a sex scandal, as the price of conscience. And there is even more on the agenda. But whose agenda?
"A fascinating story" - John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor
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A substantial, profound and funny novelist –
James Wood (Literary critic for The Guardian, The New Yorker and New Republic) Fresh and cliché free – Jill Dawson (acclaimed novelist and a tutor at UEA Writing Course) A very accomplished writer – Karolina Sutton (Curtis Brown) A confident and original writer – Jo Unwin (Conville & Walsh) This was a real page turner - riveting – Paul Harrison (Writer) …the plot was original, very interesting and not like much else I have ever read. I didn’t know what was going to happen or how it would end – Michael ki-Fun (writer) The concept and story is a fascinating one – Donald Winchester, agent |
Publisher's Blurb:
THE CITY DEALER
An exciting, unpredictable story; intensely atmospheric and absorbing, with humour and romance.
The City Dealer is Clive Pitt, employed at a ‘traditional’ financial house in the City of London.
While handling a merger, which is backed and funded by a Swiss based hedge fund, he uncovers
huge fraud and deception in the detail.
Despite being trusted on the inside, and holding a lucrative position in the firm, Clive decides to blow the whistle and risk everything.
Soon Pitt understands that his bosses, and powerful figures in the financial world,
have conspired to disgrace and ruin him, in both his professional and his personal life.
Finding himself a pariah, with his memory wiped, family and friendships destroyed,
Clive has to piece together the events that lead to this terrible downfall.
Only one colleague is prepared to help him, a clever and beautiful female trader,
with whom he conspired to expose the deal.
His conflict against brutal wealth and power becomes a matter of survival for both sides.
He has to save his reputation, fill in the lost events of a ‘missing’ year;
even while ruthless vested interests seek to conclude the deal and to destroy him.
THE CITY DEALER
An exciting, unpredictable story; intensely atmospheric and absorbing, with humour and romance.
The City Dealer is Clive Pitt, employed at a ‘traditional’ financial house in the City of London.
While handling a merger, which is backed and funded by a Swiss based hedge fund, he uncovers
huge fraud and deception in the detail.
Despite being trusted on the inside, and holding a lucrative position in the firm, Clive decides to blow the whistle and risk everything.
Soon Pitt understands that his bosses, and powerful figures in the financial world,
have conspired to disgrace and ruin him, in both his professional and his personal life.
Finding himself a pariah, with his memory wiped, family and friendships destroyed,
Clive has to piece together the events that lead to this terrible downfall.
Only one colleague is prepared to help him, a clever and beautiful female trader,
with whom he conspired to expose the deal.
His conflict against brutal wealth and power becomes a matter of survival for both sides.
He has to save his reputation, fill in the lost events of a ‘missing’ year;
even while ruthless vested interests seek to conclude the deal and to destroy him.