Comments on: Financial fiction http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/06/22/financial-fiction/ A slice of lime in the soda Wed, 22 May 2013 01:01:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: MrRFox http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/06/22/financial-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-40571 MrRFox Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:20:11 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=15408#comment-40571 "... and loads of fun for anybody who prefers their bankers on the dead side." Hmmmmm. "And for those of us who read thousands of words of dry financial nonfiction every day, the opportunity to kick back with a book designed to be enjoyed, rather than something more didactic, is something to be savored and treasured." Are each of your days like 40 hours long? Let me add an old favorite - "Someone Else's Money", by Michael M. Thomas. Dated, but it's in paperback and it's got it all. “… and loads of fun for anybody who prefers their bankers on the dead side.”

Hmmmmm.

“And for those of us who read thousands of words of dry financial nonfiction every day, the opportunity to kick back with a book designed to be enjoyed, rather than something more didactic, is something to be savored and treasured.”

Are each of your days like 40 hours long?

Let me add an old favorite – “Someone Else’s Money”, by Michael M. Thomas. Dated, but it’s in paperback and it’s got it all.

]]> By: byoung12 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/06/22/financial-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-40559 byoung12 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:44:30 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=15408#comment-40559 In addition, I would recommend Blood Money by David Ignatius. Much of it takes place in the London office of a massive global macro hedge fund. Great stuff. In addition, I would recommend Blood Money by David Ignatius. Much of it takes place in the London office of a massive global macro hedge fund. Great stuff.

]]> By: Gaw http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/06/22/financial-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-40556 Gaw Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:12:11 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/?p=15408#comment-40556 You might also want to read the scandalously underappreciated Region of Sin: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Region-of-Sin-ebook/dp/B0058NX9N4 You might also want to read the scandalously underappreciated Region of Sin:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Region-of-Sin-eb ook/dp/B0058NX9N4

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