Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile by Geraint Anderson - ISBN: 9780755346189
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Greed, secrets, and abuse behind London’s financial Square Mile.

Cityboy: Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile

Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile

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  • Paperback

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    1 March 2009

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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 - Times

His timing couldn’t be better … London’s pernicious financial world reveals itself in all its ugliness - Daily Mail

Excruciatingly candid - Sunday Times

About 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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