Money Talks

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Money TalksISBN13:9781508417507ISBN10:1508417504Author:Shames, Laurence (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - From The Foreword: Money Talks Is A Novel With A Strange Past Behind It-And An Even Stranger Present All Around It It's A Book That Some Readers And Reviewers Have Been Kind Enough To Call Prophetic That's A Nice Word, And Very Flattering, But Let's Be Clear: It Just Does Not Apply Here Back In 2009--When The Novel Was First Published With The Title Maxxed Out And Under The Pseudonym David Collins--Neither I Nor Anyone Else Imagined How The World Would Look Less Than A Decade Later, Or Who Would Be In Charge I Wasn't Trying To Write A Political Satire Or A Predictive Dystopia All I Wanted To Do Was To Create An Entertaining Fiction--Part Boardroom Drama, Part Dark Comedy, Part Love Story, And Part Murder Mystery--About A New York Real-Estate Mogul With A Bullying Manner, A Head Of Hair Flamboyant Enough To Match His Ego, And A Somewhat Childish Fixation To See His Name On Very Large Buildings I Wanted To Get Inside The Head Of Such A Man, To Understand What Drove Him, What Kind Of Bottomless Need Was Behind His Unremitting Quest For Attention And For Power First And Foremost, Then, Money Talks Was Intended As A Character Study Of A Certain Kind Of Billionaire And A Certain Kind Of Villain Cut To The Present Read The Headlines Check Out The News I Think You'll Get The Picture And I Hope You'll Agree That This Novel, While It Makes No Claim Whatsoever To Prophecy, Has Turned Out, At The Very Least, To Be Weirdly And Even Spookily, Timely Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2015-02-17Weight:0.95 lbsDimensions:0.67'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:322Language:English

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