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The brilliant new thriller from the author of FREE TO TRADE and TRADING REALITY. Disgruntled academice Nick Elliott has reluctantly taken work with city brokers Dekker Ward, traders at the top of the turbulent market in Latin American bonds. Dekker's South American business is run by the hugely successful Ricardo Ross - aka the Marketmaker. When strange things start happening to Dekker's employees, including Nick's colleague Isabel, Nick decides to take on a fixer who is unaccustomed to people standing in his way.
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Why I wrote this book
When I worked in the city, I always wanted to trade the emerging markets, that is the bonds off developing countries like Mexico, Brazil or Russia. They wouldn't let me. The markets were too risky, they said. But they couldn't stop me writing about them, and when I was searching for a topic for a third novel, emerging markets seemed a natural choice.
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When I worked in the city, I always wanted to trade the emerging markets, that is the bonds off developing countries like Mexico, Brazil or Russia. They wouldn't let me. The markets were too risky, they said. But they couldn't stop me writing about them, and when I was searching for a topic for a third novel, emerging markets seemed a natural choice.
They didn't disappoint me. The markets are full of colourful characters, enormous egos, and great stories.
The research was interesting. I decided to focus on Brazil. I knew little about the country, but had always been fascinated by it. It is a complex place, full of opposites. The people are relaxed, happy-go-lucky, friendly. Yet they can aslo be violent, depraved and callous. The financial system seems like a joyful shambles, but the Brazilian investment bankers I met are some of the most driven and intelligent I have come across. And yes, I did have to spend some time lying on a beach in Rio watching the women go by in order to complete my research properly.
Nick, the hero of the book, is an academic. He was inspired by my friends outside the City who see all the wealth made by their contemporaries, and wonder whether they couldn't do as well themselves. Perhaps they can. But intelligence isn't the problem, ruthlessness, aggression, or more euphemistically, "hunger" is. There are four characters in my book who all have different reasons for wanting to work in the City. They are all faces with the same question: "How far will they go?" It is their answers to this question which drives the plot.
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Disgruntled academic Nick Elliott has reluctantly taken work with city brokers Dekker Ward. Strange things start happening to Dekker's employees, including Nick's colleague, Isabel, which is when Nick decides to take on a fixer who is unaccustomed to people standing in his way.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 014086752X
- ISBN 13 9780140867527
- BindingAudio Cassette
- Number of pages2
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