Meltdown by Ben Elton - ISBN: 9780552775106
Paperback
Greed, love, and a financial crash: can he handle the meltdown?

Meltdown

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  • Paperback

    480 pages

  • Release Date

    8 July 2010

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Summary

A biting satire of the credit crunch from this hugely popular and bestselling author.

For amiable City trader Jimmy Corby, money was the new Rock n’ Roll. His whole life was a party, adrenaline-charged and cocaine-fuelled. If he hadn’t met Monica, he would probably have ended up either dead or in rehab.

But Jimmy was as lucky in love as he was at betting on dodgy derivatives, so instead of burning out, his star just burned brighter than ever. Rich, pampered, and successful, Ji…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780552775106
ISBN-10:055277510X
Author:Ben Elton
Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Black Swan
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:480
Release Date:8 July 2010
Weight:328g
Dimensions:196mm x 129mm x 32mm
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Critics Review

An entertaining, well-written, often very funny read

An entertaining, well-written, often very funny read * Daily Mirror [book of the week] *Bang up to date… Very funny… Emotionally engaging * Daily Mail *

About The Author

Ben Elton

Ben Elton’s multi-award winning career as both performer and writer encompasses some of the most memorable and incisive comedy of the past thirty-five years. In addition to his hugely influential work as a stand-up comic, he was co-writer of TV hits The Young Ones and Blackadder and sole creator of The Thin Blue Line and Upstart Crow. He has written fifteen major bestsellers, including Stark, Popcorn, Inconceivable, Dead Famous, High Society, Two Brothers and Time and Time Again, three West End plays and three musicals, including global phenomenon We Will Rock You. He has written and directed two feature films, Maybe Baby and Three Summers. He is married and has three children.

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