What do you think?
Rate this book
Corruption
‘The Wolf of Wall Street in 1980s London.’ It’s a thriller designed to appeal to everyone who likes a good read with many twists, shocks and surprises which build to a chilling climax. It is also a window on a powerful part of the City which is virtually unknown outside the financial community and the companies it serves. It should have international appeal as the central messages are universal as is the fascination with the excesses of bankers and those around them.
As the financial revolution, dubbed ‘Big Bang’ in 1980s London took hold, waves of financial regulation put a stranglehold on the excesses of the City, but one part of it slipped through the net. Financial PR which straddles the activities of financial institutions and the media, is a little known and an even less understood business at the heart of City finance.
In this super-charged environment, the fictional agency, Dash Devon blew a hole in the regulatory net through insider dealing. Enter an ex-journalist to the agency, who once he understood what was happening, fought to clean up the corruption-riddled business he had naively joined.
To his painful cost, he was too late. In his head-long pursuit of legitimate business he became sexually compromised and so vulnerable to blackmail. The price of his corruption was his active part in insider dealing. Once committed, he was seduced by the potential profits and the thrill of the game. When the agency’s biggest gamble collapsed, it fell into the chilling, violent grip of organised crime which not only held the PR men in its financially-demanding stranglehold, but their families and their collective futures.
As the financial revolution, dubbed ‘Big Bang’ in 1980s London took hold, waves of financial regulation put a stranglehold on the excesses of the City, but one part of it slipped through the net. Financial PR which straddles the activities of financial institutions and the media, is a little known and an even less understood business at the heart of City finance.
In this super-charged environment, the fictional agency, Dash Devon blew a hole in the regulatory net through insider dealing. Enter an ex-journalist to the agency, who once he understood what was happening, fought to clean up the corruption-riddled business he had naively joined.
To his painful cost, he was too late. In his head-long pursuit of legitimate business he became sexually compromised and so vulnerable to blackmail. The price of his corruption was his active part in insider dealing. Once committed, he was seduced by the potential profits and the thrill of the game. When the agency’s biggest gamble collapsed, it fell into the chilling, violent grip of organised crime which not only held the PR men in its financially-demanding stranglehold, but their families and their collective futures.
428 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 16, 2024
About the author
Tim Anderson
150 books37 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
No one has reviewed this book yet.