{"product_id":"ghosts-of-manhattan-9781451672602","title":"Ghosts of Manhattan","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt'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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns hilarious and harrowing, \u003ci\u003eGhosts of Manhattan\u003c\/i\u003e follows a winning but flawed protagonist as he struggles to find the right path in a complicated urban heart of darkness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Touchstone Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451672602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Douglas Brunt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43150314045621,"sku":"9781451672602","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_09cf355f-d872-422d-ade9-273df68ebd18.jpg?v=1696345915","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ghosts-of-manhattan-9781451672602","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}