Cityboy Beer And Loathing In The Square Mile (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
Addictive for the wrong reasons; yes it's (for the most part) fast paced and simplistic so that anyone who is not well versed with the financial world can pick it up and finish it, however it is in my belief that readers are more intrigued with a simplistic version of the truth as opposed to this book which is a cocktail of sensationalism, where fiction meets the truth. With that fiction, it becomes hard for the reader to get a real "inside" look into the world of excess which bankers live; I wound up asking where does the truth stop and sensationalism start? It would seem the author was trying hard to write a good story, and if it's that's the case, hats off to you Sir, (you might even get a movie deal).Wouldn't recommend it as a primary read, keep it on your shelf as a secondary book just in case you're reading something else which is heavier than Cityboy. Interesting but not surprising. A decent topical read on how the city operates from an author who obviously got stuck right into it. I love the moral dilemma, folk saying it's ridiculous amounts of cash to be paid and these people should be strung up and castrated, but then put the same folk on the receiving side of big piles of cash, and would they say no?? Maybe one or two altruistic individuals. If you're in the least bit interested about how this country is in the financial state it's in, then read this. Our futures are in Cityboys hands.
What do You think about Cityboy Beer And Loathing In The Square Mile (2000)?
A novelisation accounting the shady world of modern finance set in London.
—Rach
Entertaining if simplistic account of the greed that led us to recession.
—Anastassia
has anyone read this? sounds interesting...
—vanessarocks57
