Forget about Bernie Madoff or Gordon Gekkotheres a new villain on Wall Street
Norb Vonnegut didnt realize how close he skirted to non-fiction when he was writing his spectacular debut Top Producer. Penned before tumultuous revelations and scandals rocked the financial world in late 2008, Vonneguts novel depicts, with an insiders solid knowledge, the tricks that the industrys real top producers pull in their frenzied pursuit of billions. Now Vonnegut sets his electrifying follow-up in the high-rolling world of hedge funds, lending his seasoned perspective to a riveting thriller.
Jimmy Cusack is the tough kid from a blue-collar neighborhood who made good on Wall Street. Well, almost. After a sterling start to his career, things have soured. His hedge fund has collapsed. The bank is foreclosing on his upscale condominium. And his wife is two months pregnant. Thats the good news. When Cusack takes a must-have job with Leeser Capital, a Greenwich fund impervious to the capital market woes, his real troubles begin.
Vonneguts unique insiders perspective and his intuitive, darkly humorous writing are once again on full display in this fast-talking suspense thriller. A high-stakes poker game of a book, The Gods of Greenwich is a timely and gripping read that will keep you glued to the edge of your seat until the last card is played.
