This week’s Free Book Friday prize is:
Ghosts of Manhattan: A Novel by Douglas Brunt
Delve into the world of high-stakes trading with this wry, comic debut about life on Wall Street and one man too hooked on the money to get out even as his career threatens to ruin his marriage and corrode his soul.It’s 2005 and the living is easy. Nick Farmer is thirty-five years old, in peak condition, and thriving as a successful bond trader with the seemingly unstoppable investment bank Bear Stearns. His nightlife has been a swirl of liquor, hookers, and cocaine. He clears seven figures every year and has become fiercely addicted to his annual bonus. But the lifestyle is taking a toll on him and his marriage. When a nerdy analyst approaches him with apocalyptic prognostications about the imminent decline of Bear’s high-flying mortgage-backed securities trading, Nick is presented with the kind of ethical dilemma he’s spent a lifetime avoiding. Throw in a seductive financial journalist who seems to be more interested in Nick’s physical assets than in the percolating financial Armageddon, along with the prospect that his own wife may have found a new romantic interest of her own, and you have the recipe for one man’s personal and professional implosion. In this gripping debut novel, Wall Street insider Douglas Brunt offers an in-depth look at the banking crisis and the reach of its personal impact. By turns hilarious and harrowing, Ghosts of Manhattan takes you to the seedy underbelly of the finance world and into the rarified lifestyle of a charming but flawed character as he struggles to find the right path in a complicated urban heart of darkness.
ISBN 9781451672596, Hardcover
3 lucky winners will each receive a brand-new copy!
To enter, simply leave a comment on this Blog post. You must be a PaperBackSwap member to win.
We will choose 3 lucky winners at random from comments we receive here on the Blog from PBS members.
You have until Sunday, June 22, 2014 at 12 noon EDT, to leave a comment.
Good Luck to everyone!
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Sounds interesting- different from what I usually read, but I like to try new things! Thanks for the opportunity!
Looks good, I’m in!
Thank you!
Yes please! Looks great!
This book sounds really interesting. I would love to read it.
Here’s my comment!
Looks like an interesting spin compared to other Wall Street based thrillers I’ve read. It would be a good change!
Sounds awesome. I can’t wait to read it.
Awesome opportunity! Sounds like an interesting read.
OK, I am always looking for a new author!
Pick me! Pick me!
COMMENT!! Sounds like an interesting read, something different may be just what I need, I’ve been kind of in limbo book-wise this summer….
Happy Friday!
Who can turn down the chance at a free book? If I win it, I will read it and swap it. Good luck everyone!
Thanks PBS!
What a happy way to start SUMMER, winning a good read.
Sounds interesting. Would love to give it a try!
I’m interested!
Sounds interesting.
This book sounds good, and I’m always looking for a new author!
Free books 🙂
Sounds like a interesting book. Would like to read it.
I agree…not something I would normally read, but certainly open to something new. Thanks.
Yes, please!
I JUST got back from NYC and would love to jump into this. What a city!!! With my kids living there just had to trek from Texas to NYC by car, with the hubster and Chihuahua. Now, a ghost? What could make for a better summer? Bring it this way. Please.
This club has proved to be a great resource for me.
would love to try this book out! Sounds interesting!
Sure hope I’m the winner! Sounds like a great read!
I’m always up for a new book!
Yeah free book!!!! Bring it on!!!!!
This book sounds great! Hope I’m one of the lucky winners!
Considering the rough week I have had, I book like this would be much needed comic relief. 🙂
sounds like an awesome book!!!!
…and with ten members having it on their Wish List as well…and winner no matter which way you turn the pages!
Great book. My comment is “Boo!” lol
Yes please!
Sounds very interesting. Would love to read it this summer. And I probably can get my husband to read it. And of course I would swap it once it has been read by many.
I never heard of the book but after reading the reviews it sounds like a really great book and one I will want
sounds interesting. I will give it a try.
Sounds great
This book looks very interesting! Thank you for offering Free Book Fridays!
I would enjoy reading this novel.
Definitely different from the cozies and true crime books that I’ve been reading. Sounds like it would be very interesting!
How cool! Different from what I usually read, so count me in!
Count me in, please!
I would love one!
Sounds interesting, I’m in!
Sounds like a good read! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Different genre for sure than what I usually read…but I’m all for trying new books! 🙂 Thanks!
love to read new books
Should be a fun book to read. Thanks for the opportunity.