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Merger
Vikram Suri, CEO of TriNet Communications, is a new breed of corporate criminal---smarter and infinitely more dangerous. Behind the façade of oak-paneled boardrooms, fancy personal jets, and lavish mansions, Vik is masterminding a grand scheme of market manipulation, smuggling, money laundering, and extortion through an international network of banks, brokerage houses and dummy corporations. He is a megalomaniac who will stop at nothing to grow his corporate empire, even murder.
As the clock winds down to Suri's deadly triumph, no one suspects his hidden agenda - except Tom Carter, an investment banker working on the deal. Torn between his job and his conscience, and locked in the crosshairs of the SEC, Tom enlists the help of Amanda Fleming, a beautiful and intrepid New York Times reporter eager to "break" a big story. Together, they must not only outsmart the brilliant Vik, but desperately try to stay alive!
As the clock winds down to Suri's deadly triumph, no one suspects his hidden agenda - except Tom Carter, an investment banker working on the deal. Torn between his job and his conscience, and locked in the crosshairs of the SEC, Tom enlists the help of Amanda Fleming, a beautiful and intrepid New York Times reporter eager to "break" a big story. Together, they must not only outsmart the brilliant Vik, but desperately try to stay alive!
508 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2005
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Sanjay Sanghoee
3 books29 followersSanjay Sanghoee is a contributor to Huffington Post, FORTUNE, and other publications on politics and business. He has a wide following for his articles on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. Topics that he routinely writes about include corporate crime, Wall Street reform, political gridlock, workers’ rights, and gun control.
He is the author of Killing Wall Street, a fast-paced new thriller about corporate greed and the frightening power of an ordinary citizen’s rage, as well as Merger, a corporate thriller published by Forge Books (St. Martin’s Press) and which Chicago Tribune called “Timely, Gripping, and Original,” and BARRONs called a “high-octane thriller.”
Sanjay is a former investment banker from Lazard Freres and Dresdner Bank, and worked for several years at a leading multi-billion dollar hedge fund. He currently helps new hedge funds and private equity firms with their launch and operations. He also sits on the Board of a mid-sized Hispanic radio station group.
In addition to his work and writing, Sanjay was a news anchor with WKCR 89.9 FM in the ’90s in New York City, and interviewed notable media personalities including Larry King, Christiane Amanpour, Art Buchwald, and others. He has an MBA from Columbia Business School and received an Award for Ethics in Business in 1999.
He is the author of Killing Wall Street, a fast-paced new thriller about corporate greed and the frightening power of an ordinary citizen’s rage, as well as Merger, a corporate thriller published by Forge Books (St. Martin’s Press) and which Chicago Tribune called “Timely, Gripping, and Original,” and BARRONs called a “high-octane thriller.”
Sanjay is a former investment banker from Lazard Freres and Dresdner Bank, and worked for several years at a leading multi-billion dollar hedge fund. He currently helps new hedge funds and private equity firms with their launch and operations. He also sits on the Board of a mid-sized Hispanic radio station group.
In addition to his work and writing, Sanjay was a news anchor with WKCR 89.9 FM in the ’90s in New York City, and interviewed notable media personalities including Larry King, Christiane Amanpour, Art Buchwald, and others. He has an MBA from Columbia Business School and received an Award for Ethics in Business in 1999.
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July 11, 2011
This is a book for people interested in financial intrigue. It is a thriller, and people get killed, but these characters are for the most part very realistic in actions and thoughts. The tempo of the book builds to a rapid acceleration in the last 100 pages, with the final resolutions coming very near the end. The suspense builds over the course of the book.
A person without a background or interest in corporate financing, and mergers, might find this to be a very tedious read. There seemed to be a plateau somewhere around the midpoint where new characters were being introduced, and the slowly building plot was oriented toward laying a foundation for the later suspense. It was a struggle to maintain interest during some of this background buildup. The ending utilizes every page of buildup which fuels the accelerated tempo, and rewards the reader for his duress.
A person without a background or interest in corporate financing, and mergers, might find this to be a very tedious read. There seemed to be a plateau somewhere around the midpoint where new characters were being introduced, and the slowly building plot was oriented toward laying a foundation for the later suspense. It was a struggle to maintain interest during some of this background buildup. The ending utilizes every page of buildup which fuels the accelerated tempo, and rewards the reader for his duress.
August 3, 2019
The corporate setting and the occasional wish to try something completely different led me to this, a book which had decent ingredients but were put together terribly. I feel like a decent editor could have made this into a genuinely good novel, but instead it read like "My Dad Wrote a Thriller", an offshoot of the popular Porno podcast.
The central premise of a dodgy corporate takeover was ok, but it was unclear why it was happening. The baddie made a lot of effort to make 20% of the money he was making far more simply another way, and it was this effort that led to all the other characters getting involved. It was as though the major plot was sorted, but the author had no idea how to set it up properly. The actual events followed each other logically enough, but the motivation for them didn't, and this was a central flaw.
The other major flaw was the writing itself. The clumsy repetition of a great Rolodex of contacts was an early warning, and the saving grace was that it was at least funny. Characters would be clueless and then in a few lines of dialogue, 'astutely' deduce the blatantly obvious. Every woman was beautiful in the view of a dispassionate narrator, and the sex scenes were hilarious, with "well-rounded breasts staring him in the face". Sanghoee loved his adverbs, but the real gold was when these were combined with his parting shots, as in ' "we'll hang the whole thing round your neck... like an anchor" said Patricia, ominously'. Ominous indeed.
During the first half it could have gone either way, but it descended into farce by the end, with this absolutely massive event warranting a skeletal official presence, and rather 'mansplainy' descriptions of smuggling operations in Dubai (quite possibly the most pointless aspect) and one character's righteous anger later revealed to make no sense given his other criminal actions that meant he was better off than if events had unfolded normally. A sticker on the book says this is soon to be a major motion picture, and 15 years on it is yet to be filmed, not even as a straight to DVD.
The central premise of a dodgy corporate takeover was ok, but it was unclear why it was happening. The baddie made a lot of effort to make 20% of the money he was making far more simply another way, and it was this effort that led to all the other characters getting involved. It was as though the major plot was sorted, but the author had no idea how to set it up properly. The actual events followed each other logically enough, but the motivation for them didn't, and this was a central flaw.
The other major flaw was the writing itself. The clumsy repetition of a great Rolodex of contacts was an early warning, and the saving grace was that it was at least funny. Characters would be clueless and then in a few lines of dialogue, 'astutely' deduce the blatantly obvious. Every woman was beautiful in the view of a dispassionate narrator, and the sex scenes were hilarious, with "well-rounded breasts staring him in the face". Sanghoee loved his adverbs, but the real gold was when these were combined with his parting shots, as in ' "we'll hang the whole thing round your neck... like an anchor" said Patricia, ominously'. Ominous indeed.
During the first half it could have gone either way, but it descended into farce by the end, with this absolutely massive event warranting a skeletal official presence, and rather 'mansplainy' descriptions of smuggling operations in Dubai (quite possibly the most pointless aspect) and one character's righteous anger later revealed to make no sense given his other criminal actions that meant he was better off than if events had unfolded normally. A sticker on the book says this is soon to be a major motion picture, and 15 years on it is yet to be filmed, not even as a straight to DVD.
July 7, 2017
Intriguing Book. Very well written. The pace was good throughout.
July 30, 2007
Well, I picked this book from Croswords, after reading the comments on it..one great comment that enticed me was "The Firm meets Wall street"..and that I was it.. I had to get this..I have been a John Grisham fan...throughout and I thought it would be intersting to see the Financial aspect of a book like "The firm"..
The book is racy and fast paced..minute details of characters and their personalities..help build your imagination. Most of the times what we get to know from the newspapers about a merger or a possible merger..we do not know the "behind the scenes" of it. This book helps you with understanding that. More when I complete............
Btw, this book is soon to be made into a movie..so before we see an edited version..urge you to read the details.
A\v
The book is racy and fast paced..minute details of characters and their personalities..help build your imagination. Most of the times what we get to know from the newspapers about a merger or a possible merger..we do not know the "behind the scenes" of it. This book helps you with understanding that. More when I complete............
Btw, this book is soon to be made into a movie..so before we see an edited version..urge you to read the details.
A\v
February 11, 2011
MERGER by Sanjay Sanghoee is a thriller set in 1980's America. It is written with depth and details. It has corporate crime,torture,murder,mystery,intrigue,greed,deceit,and the maneuvering of the underbelly of finance.If you have ever wondered about the finance world and their goings on this is a book for you to read.BE WARE it is a little terrifing from beginning to end,but a good read especially if you enjoy terror and a good thriller.This book was received for the purpose of review from the Bostick Communications and the author and details can be found at TOR,a Tom Doherty Associates Book and My Book Addiction and More.
January 20, 2011
This was a thrill ride read. There were some parts that seems to be stretching a bit. I thought he was spot on with some of the characters and what goes on in the business world. With all the twists and turns in this book you never know what is going to happen.
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