
Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile
Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile
$34.63
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
1 March 2009
Summary
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. 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 co…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755346189 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0755346181 |
| Author: | Geraint Anderson |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2009 |
| Weight: | 301g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 32mm |
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Critics Review
As a primer to back-stabbing, bullying, drug-taking, gambling, boozing, lap-dancing, this takes some beating … a necessary and valuable book - Evening Standard
Engaging, timely and important - TimesHis timing couldn’t be better … London’s pernicious financial world reveals itself in all its ugliness - Daily MailExcruciatingly candid - Sunday TimesAbout The Author
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. 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. A chance for salvation came in September 2006 when he was offered the opportunity to write an anonymous weekly column in thelondonpaper.
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