Review: Believable short story of a man's professional and personal crises
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 10, 2013
This is a very entertaining short story with interesting characters of many types: a driven money man, a crooked Chief Financial Officer, a harsh wife, a crusading prosecutor, a dying old friend, and a young man just starting out in life. The core story is about Walter Conklin's troubles in dealing with the havoc his CFO wrought by monkeying with Conklin's results in his hedge fund. The secondary story lines deal with Conklin's marriage, his dying friend and a young man who works for him. Although I didn't understand the implications of some of the stock market gyrations, it wasn't important to the story line. The characters are all believable and emotionally human, as is the dialog. This is a very worthwhile read and I will look for others by this author.