num_pages: 448
description: THE HISTORICAL THRILLER OF THE YEARBenjamin Weaver is an outsider in eighteenth-century a Jew among Christians; a ruffian among aristocrats; a retired pugilist who, hired by London's gentry, travels through the criminal underworld in pursuit of debtors and thieves.In A Conspiracy of Paper , Weaver investigates a crime of the most personal the mysterious death of his estranged father, a notorious stockjobber. To find the answers, Weaver must contend with a desperate prostitute who knows too much about his past, relatives who remind him of his alienation from the Jewish faith, and a cabal of powerful men in the world of British finance who have hidden their business dealings behind an intricate web of deception and violence. Relying on brains and brawn, Weaver uncovers the beginnings of a strange new economic order based on stock speculation--a way of life that poses great risk for investors but real danger for Weaver and his family.In the tradition of The Alienist and written with scholarly attention to period detail, A Conspiracy of Paper is one of the wittiest and most suspenseful historical novels in recent memory, as well as a perceptive and beguiling depiction of the origin of today's financial markets. In Benjamin Weaver, author David Liss has created an irresistibly appealing protagonist, one who parlays his knowledge of the emerging stock market into a new kind of detective work.
language: English
title: A Conspiracy of Paper
titlecomplete: A Conspiracy of Paper
characters: Benjamin Weaver
genres: Crime, Historical, Fiction, 18th Century, Thriller, Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction, British Literature, Mystery, Mystery Thriller
ratings_count: 11226
places: United Kingdom
series: Benjamin Weaver
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Barry Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best First Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Mystery, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Random House (NY)