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In early 2000 the bottom dropped out of the life of writer David Denby when his wife decided to leave him. Propelled to make some money quickly, and seized by the 'irrational exuberance' of the stock market, then approaching its peak, Denby enthusiastically joined the investment frenzy. Over the next few months he listened raptly to bullish stock analysts, dreamy hi-tech gurus and boastful heads of companies. He plunged into a season of mania and was swept forward on currents of hope, greed and hucksterism - with cataclysmic results.
American Sucker is a mesmerising account of those years of madness. What begins as a money chase and an engagement with rampant capitalism soon becomes an encounter with such timeless issues as love, envy, true value - and life and death itself. This is a classic tale of the bubble related not by a market guru or an investment professional but by a witty, perceptive and eloquent outsider.
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"A superb book.... What will endure in the memoir is the fresh and intelligent insight Denby brings to a variety of subjects such as greed, security, the work ethic, and success."
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This is a brave, vulnerable and deeply human memoir about money, mortality and midlife change. At the beginning of 2000 David Denby was devastated when his wife announced that she was leaving him. Terrifed of losing everything he set himself the goal of making $1 million in a year on Wall Street. The result was disastrous.
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. the book shows no sign of damage, apart from a slight toning of the page edges. The author, who is a staff writer and film critic for the New Yorker talks of the three-year period when his marriage was breaking up, and his desire to hold on to his iconic upper West side apartment drove his search for riches in the marketplace at the same time as the dot com boom was happening. A story of cupidity Size: Trade Paperback. 320 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; America; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 192088517X. ISBN/EAN: 9781920885175. Inventory No: 0244743. Seller Inventory # 0244743
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