But as the choices begin to tear him apart, there's also the danger that all the things he desires are on the brink of crashing around him ... This debut novel, written by a 30-year-old trader, does not merely pick over the carcass of the financial markets in the wake of the recent crash.
The shattering novel of one man swept away in the turmoil of emotional, financial and moral boom and bust. Charlie Wales is a young man who wants everything. He's seduced by the excitement of a new life in London and all that it promises: love, art, and also the promise of fast money in the City. It is a heartbreaking love story, a withering study of the years of excess, and a timely reminder of how good people end up doing terrible things.
