{"product_id":"ghosts-of-manhattan-a-novel-9781451672602","title":"Ghosts of Manhattan: A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGhosts of Manhattan: A Novel\u003c\/strong\u003e by Brunt, Douglas. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781451672602.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis instant New York Times bestseller offers a withering view of life on Wall Street from the perspective of an unhappy insider who is too hooked on the money to find a way out, even as his career is ruining his marriage and corroding his soul.\n\nIt’s 2005. Nick Farmer is a thirty-five-year-old bond trader with Bear Stearns clearing seven figures a year. The novelty of a work-related nightlife centering on liquor, hookers, and cocaine has long since worn thin, though Nick remains keenly addicted to his annual bonus. But the lifestyle is taking a toll on his marriage—and on him.\n\nWhen a nerdy analyst approaches him with apocalyptic prognostications of where Bear’s high-flying mortgage-backed securities trading may lead, Nick is presented with the kind of ethical dilemma he’s spent a lifetime avoiding. Throw in a hot financial journalist who seems to be more interested in him than in the percolating financial Armageddon and the prospect that his own wife may have found a new romantic interest of her own, and you have the recipe for Nick’s personal and professional implosion.\n\nBy turns hilarious and harrowing, Ghosts of Manhattan follows a winning but flawed protagonist as he struggles to find the right path in a complicated urban heart of darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Touchstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984646762549,"sku":"ByrdShop_1451672608","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781451672602_c0f9d11a-89f4-4fcc-bb3c-9bfdd91d8dc8.jpg?v=1778778602","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/ghosts-of-manhattan-a-novel-9781451672602","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}