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The prince of risk

When his father, a chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, is killed in a brazen attack on the White House lawn, Bobby Astor, a rising hedge fund manager, untangles a web of lies to reveal a sophisticated plot against the U.S. financial system.

Main Author: Reich, Christopher, 1961-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Doubleday, 2013.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
International finance > Fiction.
Terrorism > Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Summary: When his father, a chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, is killed in a brazen attack on the White House lawn, Bobby Astor, a rising hedge fund manager, untangles a web of lies to reveal a sophisticated plot against the U.S. financial system.
Physical Description: 369 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780385535069 (hardcover)
0385535066 (hardcover)
Author Notes: Christopher Reich was born in Tokyo, Japan on November 12, 1961. He graduated with honors in history from Georgetown University. After spending some time as a stockbroker, he went to the University of Texas at Austin business school. After graduating, he became an employee at the Union Bank of Switzerland and his experiences there prepared him for when he wrote Numbered Account, a fiction novel involving shady finances and murder.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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