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Cityboy: Beer And Loathing In The Square Mile (2008)

by Geraint Anderson(Favorite Author)

3.55 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0755346165 (ISBN13: 9780755346165)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

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review 1: The book had potential. The life of a "cityboy" would be interesting and how they reconcile their selfish pursuit of wealth to the detriment of themselves and society would prove a valuable study. However, the author's trite, formulaic writing ruined the book for me. A few of the more irritating points were the unnecessary, forced vulgarity - not of the subject matter, but in the writing style; the way he ended so many ideas with a comparison (eg. To say I looked sartorially challenged would be akin to saying Mike Tyson looked like he could handle himself in a fight. pg. 77); and the way he waffled between wanting to help and be moral and his decidedly amoral actions. Even at the end, in his "reformed" state while waxing about how greed will ruin society and the environmen... moret, he states that he wants to be considered an artist because they get away with everything. All in all, the book was not a strong read, either as a comedy, or a biography, or as philosophy. It tried too much and accomplished nothing. If you are very interested in London financial life and are not offended easily you may enjoy the book, but I can't say that I enjoyed it much.
review 2: Crass, forthright and straight-up entertaining! very loathsome look into the morally-conflicting world of investment banking, private equity and stockbroking etc etc..I read this just as the Libor scandal and HSBC client listing news broke and this definitely bolstered my already negative perception of the trade and its inhabitants! Anderson is a witty banker-cum-journalist and if you enjoy abrasive writing with plenty of one-liners, you'll enjoy this read. Think of it as Ari Gold, in writing. Easy to read, insightful and colourful language! Definitely enjoyable. less

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