Review: Very enjoyable
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 4, 2014
“Banksters” by Nicolas Wilson is a great read.I loved Mark Dane, the greedy but somewhat likeable finance ‘sociopath’. He starts a new job and immediately maps out the territory and the people and sees who he can take advantage of. He and his secretary have an interesting relationship from the beginning. There is corruption, greed, hunger for power and the crimes you’d expect but also a fair bit of sex and surprisingly detailed insight into financial dealings and the profession.I know people who work in finance and although they never talk me about the dark sides of this work there is something inherent in these characters that resounds in our protagonist.The last recession has hit us all and we all learned a lesson or two on bankers. Wilson does a great job at portraying that world insightful, realistically but with the added freedom of fiction. I really like his fresh writing style and his so often uncompromising and refreshing characters.Very enjoyable.