Title: The way we live now
Description: Centering on a Ponzi scheme that involves the building of an American railroad from Salt Lake City to Vera Cruz, Mexico, and utilizing a cast of mid-Victorian financiers, investors and social climbers, Trollope's longest novel provides a satirical portrait of dishonesty and corruption that pervades the highest levels of society.
Subjects: Capitalists and financiers, Fiction, Commercial crimes
Places: London (England)