I'm here editing The Gods of Greenwich and thinking about 2008, which is the year my story takes place. So in the current theme of light summer reading on Acrimoney, here is a snippet from Chapter Thirty-Five. The paragraph is based on something...
I'm here editing The Gods of Greenwich and thinking about 2008, which is the year my story takes place. So in the current theme of light summer reading on Acrimoney, here is a snippet from Chapter Thirty-Five. The paragraph is based on something that really...
I just returned from Nino’s in Manhattan, where the authors of The Club No One Wanted to Join gathered to discuss their book. They are a group of twenty-nine investors in Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. Their book describes the change in their lives since the...
The Club No One Wanted To Join-Madoff Victims In Their Own Words Twenty-nine Madoff victims have banded together to tell their stories. Their book is appropriately entitled: The Club No Wanted to Join—Madoff Victims in Their Own Words. My copy has not shipped yet. So...
Is paranoia necessary to survive on Wall Street? In one sense, Goldman Sachs is no different from other investment banks. Junior employees are expendable. Like goldfish, investment banks eat their young when brand-protection and self-interest make cannibalism seem...
The New York Times describes my novels as “money porn,” “a red-hot franchise,” and “glittery thrillers about fiscal malfeasance.” Through fiction I explore the dark side of money and the motivations of those who have it, want more, and will steamroll anybody who gets in their way.
The New York Times describes my novels as “money porn,” “a red-hot franchise,” and “glittery thrillers about fiscal malfeasance.” Through fiction I explore the dark side of money and the motivations of those who have it, want more, and will steamroll anybody who gets in their way.