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Ned Allen is your typical ad salesman. He sells ads for a prominent computer magazine, living in a very nice New York apartment with his beloved wife Lizzie, who works in public relations.
All of a sudden, the company he works for is bought twice within the span of two months, and he is out the door. He life begins to stumble on its downward-mobility course where is sells software by phone. Finally he is rescued by a an old buddy who tells him about a wonderful new equity fund sales job that he would be perfect for.
This is frankly the best part of the book and on the one hand you wish that this segment were the whole book, but on the other hand you know that Ned might have been more suspicious and exercised more due diligence if he had not been so desperate at that point.
His native street smarts do kick in, of course, and save him from being hopelessly set up for a murder said street smarts also help him set up his own revenge. Has to be read to be appreciated. Many parts of this novel are surprisingly applicable to the financial scene a la 2008 or so. One minor character also happens to have worked for a dozen years in London for a little place called Lehmann Brothers....
All of a sudden, the company he works for is bought twice within the span of two months, and he is out the door. He life begins to stumble on its downward-mobility course where is sells software by phone. Finally he is rescued by a an old buddy who tells him about a wonderful new equity fund sales job that he would be perfect for.
This is frankly the best part of the book and on the one hand you wish that this segment were the whole book, but on the other hand you know that Ned might have been more suspicious and exercised more due diligence if he had not been so desperate at that point.
His native street smarts do kick in, of course, and save him from being hopelessly set up for a murder said street smarts also help him set up his own revenge. Has to be read to be appreciated. Many parts of this novel are surprisingly applicable to the financial scene a la 2008 or so. One minor character also happens to have worked for a dozen years in London for a little place called Lehmann Brothers....
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