Starfishing: A Novel - Brossura

Monaghan, Nicola

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ISBN 10: 1416589074 ISBN 13: 9781416589075

Casa editrice: Scribner, 2010

Riassunto

LONDON, LATE 1990s. Frankie Cavanagh has just started working as a trader and is determined to beat the men she works with at their own game. The dizzying surge of adrenaline that comes with the chaos, the speed, the rush of the day, is only amplified when she begins an affair with her charismatic American boss. Powered by clubs, cocktails, and cocaine, their thrill-seeking relationship quickly spirals out of control, bringing Frankie to a point of reckoning.

This electrifying novel from the “awe-inspiring” (Birmingham Post, UK), award-winning author of The Killing Jar lays bare the landscape of London’s trading room floor—its fierce customs, furious pace, and insatiable greed. Nicola Monaghan depicts the high-stakes reality of the burgeoning global economy in the 1990s and reinvents the classic tale of ambition and power with a gritty, fearless heroine. Crackling with energy and intensity, Monaghan’s powerful and seductive prose plunges readers into a whirlpool of hubris and betrayal, capturing the fragile nature of morality and confirming her reputation as an exhilarating young talent.

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Recensione:

“Monaghan’s second novel fizzes along with some verve, capturing the empty heart of the greed-is-good generation.” —Scotsman on Sunday

“Exciting and fluent second novel...breathtaking in its pursuit of a game-playing relationship, and shocking in its suggestion of a moral vacuum that pulls in the major players.” —The Independent (London)

L'autore:

Nicola Monaghan grew up in Nottingham, England. A career in finance took her to New York, Paris, and Chicago, but she gave it up to pursue an MA in creative writing at Nottingham Trent University. She lives in Nottingham.

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• Editore: Scribner
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1416589074
• ISBN 13: 9781416589075
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256