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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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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.
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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Condition: Aceptable. : En la firma de corretaje británica Dekker Ward, Nick Elliott, un académico descontento, acepta un trabajo. Dekker Ward domina el turbulento mercado de bonos latinoamericanos gracias a Ricardo Ross, su operador más exitoso, conocido como el Marketmaker. Sin embargo, extraños sucesos comienzan a ocurrir a los empleados de Dekker, incluyendo a Isabel, la colega de Nick, quien es secuestrada. Nick decide contratar a un solucionador de problemas que no está acostumbrado a que se interpongan en su camino. ¿En qué tipo de negocio está realmente involucrado? ¿Ha esperado demasiado para huir? EAN: 9780718143176 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Otros Título: The Marketmaker Autor: Michael Ridpath Editorial: MICHAEL JOSEPH LTD Idioma: en Páginas: 343 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-10-09-461cb704
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Risse; Gebogener Buchrücken. Ricardo Ross is The Marketmaker, the king of the Latin American bond markets. How far would you go to please the king? Disenchanted academic Nick Elliot knows that he may be selling his soul when he joins Ricardo Ross at City brokers Dekker Ward, but he needs the money. As Nick soon discovers you are either with The Marketmaker, or you have made an enemy for life. While Nick is learning the ropes, strange things start to happen to Dekker Ward employees. One top trader is fired without warning. Another dies in a bungled robbery. Nick can't hide his feelings for his attractive Brazilian colleague Isabel. Then she is kidnapped in Rio. Nick decides go to Brazil to look for her, a country he doesn't know at all. But the Marketmaker knows it, knows it very well . Seller Inventory # 1ba49bca-2f92-4491-8687-e3b60d0babce
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