Wall Street Noir (Akashic Noir)

From a distance, on television, say, or in the pages of the business section, it looks like such a clean, well-lighted place--a place where decisions to buy or sell are guided by formulas and subtle strategy, and thorough, dispassionate consideration of all available facts. A place where cool reason prevails. And sure, that's one version of Wall Street--call it the CNBC edition. But this book is about another place, just beneath that shiny surface--a place where fear and greed have always held sway. Think WorldCom or Tyco; think Enron. Think Gordon Gekko. Call it a doppelganger, a broken mirror-image, an evil twin. Call it Wall Street Noir. Wall Street Noir, the latest addition to Akashic Books' acclaimed series of crime fiction anthologies, casts a stark light on the darkest ends of the Street, to illuminate a place whose boundaries have spread well beyond Trinity Church and the East River. In today's relentlessly global economy, Wall Street is everywhere: a borderless, virtual city encompassing Midtown Manhattan, Main Street, U.S.A., the maquilas of Honduras, the office towers of Shanghai, and the brothels of Bangkok. It's a shadowy metropolis, as the stories in this exciting collection reveal, and one that's far more Jim Thompson than Warren Buffet. The volume's contributors range across this landscape in seventeen dark, sometimes darkly funny, tales of hungry egos, cutthroat competition, cultural clashes, sweaty paranoia, not-so-innocent bystanders, and desperate deals with a wide variety of devils. Peter Spiegelman is the Shamus AwardÐwinning author of Black Maps, Death's Little Helpers, and Red Cat (all published by Knopf), which feature private detective and Wall Street refugee John March. Mr. Spiegelman is a twenty-year veteran of the financial services and software industries, and has worked with banks, brokerage houses and central banks in major markets around the world. He lives in Connecticut. Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Downtown "At the Top of His Game" by Stephen Rhodes (40 Broad Street) "A Trader's Lot" by Twist Phelan (1 North End Avenue) "Feeding Frenzy" by Tim Broderick (40 Wall Street) "A Terrorizing Demonstration" by Jim Fusilli (23 Wall Street) "Town Car" by David Noonan (85 Exchange Place) Part II: Uptown "The Quant" by Richard Aleas (Times Square) "Make Me Rich" by Lawrence Light (257 W. 36th Street) "Rough Justice" by James Hime (200 Park Avenue) "The Consultant" by Peter Blauner (1313 Avenue of the Americas) Part III: Main Street "The Day Trader in the Trunk of Cleto's Car" by Mark Haskell Smith (Los Angeles, California) "Five Days at the Sunset" by Peter Spiegelman (Lethe, South Dakota) "Today We Hit" by Megan Abbott (110 W. 139th Street) "The Basher" by Jason Starr (Hoboken, New Jersey) Part IV: Global Markets "The Enlightenment of Magnus McKay" by John Burdett (Bangkok, Thailand) "Bonus Season" by Henry Blodget (Shanghai, China) "Everything I'm Not" by Lauren Sanders (Tel Aviv, Israel) "Due Diligence" by Reed Farrel Coleman (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) Version : 5.0 "Launched by the summer '04 award-winning, best-seller Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. Brand new stories by: John Burdett, Henry Blodget, Peter Blauner, Jason Starr, Megan Abbott, Reed Farrel Coleman, Stephen Rhodes, Twist Phelan, Tim Broderick, Jim Fusilli, David Noonan, Richard Aleas, Lawrence Light, James Hime, Mark Haskell Smith, Peter Spiegelman, and Lauren Sanders. From a distance, on television, say, or in the pages of the business section, it looks like such a clean, well-lighted place-a place where decisions to buy or sell are guided by formulas and subtle strategy, and thorough, dispassionate consideration of all available facts. A place where cool reason prevails. And sure, that's one version of Wall Street-call it the CNBC edition. But this book is about another place, just beneath that shiny surface-a place where fear and greed have always held sway. Think World Com or Tyco; think Enron. Think Gordon Gekko. Call it a doppelganger, a broken mirror-image, an evil twin. Call it Wall Street Noir. Wall Street Noir, the latest addition to Akashic Books' acclaimed series of crime fiction anthologies, casts a stark light on the darkest ends of the Street, to illuminate a place whose boundaries have spread well beyond Trinity Church and the East River. In today's relentlessly global economy, Wall Street is everywhere: a borderless, virtual city encompassing Midtown Manhattan, Main Street, U.S.A., the maquilas of Honduras, the office towers of Shanghai, and the brothels of Bangkok. It's a shadowy metropolis, as the stories in this exciting collection reveal, and one that's far more Jim Thompson than Warren Buffet. The volume's contributors range across this landscape in seventeen dark, sometimes darkly funny, tales of hungry egos, cutthroat competition, cultural clashes, sweaty paranoia, not-so-innocent bystanders, and desperate deals with a wide variety of devils."-- Provided by publisher This anthology explores the dark side of finance from Manhattan to Bangkok and Tel Aviv, featuring new stories by Jim Fusilli, Lauren Sanders and more. Wall Street often looks like a gleaming world of high-end professionalism where decisions to buy or sell are guided by expertise, formulas and dispassionate strategy. And sure, that's one version of Wall Street. Let's call it the CNBC edition. But this book is about another place, just beneath that shiny surface: a place where fear and greed have always held sway. Think WorldCom or Tyco; think Enron. Think Gordon Gekko. Wall Street Noir illuminates a place whose boundaries have spread well beyond Trinity Church and the East River. In today's global economy, Wall Street is everywhere: a borderless, virtual city encompassing Midtown Manhattan, Main Street, U.S.A., the maquilas of Honduras, the office towers of Shanghai, and the brothels of Bangkok. It's a shadowy metropolis, as the stories in this exciting collection reveal, and one that's far more Jim Thompson than Warren Buffet. Wall Street Noir includes brand-new stories by John Burdett, Henry Blodget, Peter Blauner, Jason Starr, Megan Abbott, Reed Farrel Coleman, Stephen Rhodes, Twist Phelan, Tim Broderick, Jim Fusilli, David Noonan, Richard Aleas, Lawrence Light, James Hime, Mark Haskell Smith, Peter Spiegelman, and Lauren Sanders. Brand-new stories by: John Burdett, Henry Blodget, Peter Blauner, Jason Starr, Megan Abbott, Reed Farrel Coleman, Jim Fusilli, Lauren Sanders, and others.From a distance, it looks like such a clean, well-lighted place—a place where decisions to buy or sell are guided by formulas and subtle strategy. A place where cool reason prevails. And sure, that's one version of Wall Street—call it the CNBC edition. But this book is about another place—a place where fear and greed have always held sway. Think WorldCom or Tyco; think Enron. Think Gordon Gekko.Wall Street Noir casts a stark light on the darkest ends of the Street, to illuminate a place whose boundaries have spread well beyond Trinity Church and the East River. In today's relentlessly global economy, Wall Street is everywhere: a borderless, virtual city encompassing Midtown Manhattan, Main Street, U.S.A., the maquilas of Honduras, the office towers of Shanghai, and the brothels of Bangkok. Anthologies Which Illuminate The Darker Side Of Wall Street And The Financial Decision Makers And Places Rarely Seen. Part I: Downtown. At The Top Of His Game / Stephen Rhodes -- A Trader's Lot / Twist Phelan -- Feeding Frenzy / Tim Broderick -- A Terrorizing Demonstration / Jim Fusilli -- Town Car / David Noonan -- Part Ii: Uptown. The Quant / Richard Aleas -- Make Me Rich / Lawrence Light -- Rough Justice / James Hime -- The Consultant / Peter Blauner -- Part Iii: Main Street. The Day Trader In The Trunk Of Clet's Car -- Five Days At The Sunset / Peter Spiegelman -- Today We Hit / Megan Abbott -- The Basher / Jason Starr -- Part Iv: Global Markets. The Enlightenment Of Magnus Mckay / John Burdett -- Bonus Season / Henry Blodget -- Everything I'm Not / Lauren Sanders -- Due Diligence / Reed Farrel Coleman. Edited By Peter Spiegelman.

Brand-new stories by: John Burdett, Peter Blauner, Charles Ardai, Henry Blodget, Twist Phelan, Larry Light, James Hime, Jason Starr, Lauren Sanders, Tim Broderick, Reed Farrel Coleman, Jim Fusilli, Mark Haskell Smith, and more.

Peter Spiegelman is the Shamus Award-winning author of Black Maps (Knopf, 2003), Death’s Little Helpers (Knopf, 2005), and Red Cat (Knopf, 2007), which feature private detective and Wall Street refugee John March. Spiegelman is a twenty-year veteran of the financial services and software industries, and has worked with banks, brokerage houses, and central banks in major markets around the world. He lives in Connecticut.