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Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile Geraint Anderson

Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile By Geraint Anderson

Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile by Geraint Anderson


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Summary

Does for the City what HOTEL BABYLON did for hotels and what KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL did for restaurants.

Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile Summary

Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile by Geraint Anderson

'Who is Cityboy? He's every brash, suited, FT-carrying idiot who ever pushed past you on the tube. He's the egotistical buffoon who loudly brags about how much cash he's made on the market at otherwise pleasant dinner parties. He's the greedy, ruthless wanker whose actions are helping turn this world into the shit-hole it's rapidly becoming. For one period in my life, he was me.' In this no-holds-barred, warts-and-all account of life in London's financial heartland, Cityboy breaks the Square Mile's code of silence in his own inimitable style, revealing explosive secrets, tricks of the trade and the corrupt, murky underbelly at the heart of life in the City. Drawing on his experience as a young analyst in a major investment bank, the six-figure bonuses, monstrous egos, and the everyday culture of verbal and substance abuse that fuels the world's money markets is brutally exposed as Cityboy describes his ascent up the hierarchy of this intensely competitive and morally dubious industry, and how it almost cost him his sanity.

Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile Reviews

'His timing couldn't be better!London's pernicious financial world reveals itself in all its ugliness' -- Daily Mail 'As a primer to back-stabbing, bullying, drug-taking, gambling, boozing, lap-dancing, this takes some beating!a necessary and valuable book' -- Evening Standard 'Excruciatingly candid' -- Sunday Times '!engaging, timely and important!an effective indictment of the narcissism and decadence of City life' -- The Times

About Geraint Anderson

Before sacrificing his soul to dark forces in the Square Mile, Cityboy was a genuine left-wing hippy and political activist, complete with ponytail and hoop earrings. After spending a productive gap year smoking weed in Asia, Cityboy went to Cambridge where he graduated on to pills and left with a 2:1 degree in history. He then went back to Asia for six months before pursuing a year-long MA at Sussex University studying revolutions. His dream of becoming a global traveller was cruelly dashed when his brother got him an interview at a French bank in the City, which, unbeknown to him at the time, would set him on the rocky road to destruction and despair.

Additional information

GOR011760234
9780755346165
0755346165
Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile by Geraint Anderson
Used - Like New
Hardback
Headline Publishing Group
2008-06-26
320
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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