The ONS Foundation recently invited me to serve as the auctioneer at their annual fundraising dinner. Bottom line–the event was a blast. But I'm not giving up my day job any time soon. The foundation is a terrific organization dedicated to improving the...
Kirkus Reviews just released its review of The Trust. Here’s what they had to say: Mommas, don’t let your sons grow up to be Manhattan brokers or board members of charitable foundations. They’d never survive the combination of criminal plots and personal...
BookPleasures.com just published a nice review of The Trust. The world of finance is not always what is seems on the surface. Lies, deceits and trade offs often occur to benefit those making the deals and scam those who provide the funds. Grove O’Rourke works for a...
Who likes audiobooks as much as I do? When I was a stockbroker, braving my way through Manhattan’s kiss-and-yell traffic every morning, I listened to books on tape all the time. Hemingway, Irving, Wolfe–I grew to love cabbies giving me the finger....
Southern Rhode Island is must-reading if you travel to the beaches around Narragansett. Erin Swanson and I recently discussed my new novel, The Trust, for the magazine. Here’s what she wrote about our discussion: Norb compares writing novels to managing money....
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.