{"product_id":"finance-fictions-9780823279166","title":"Finance Fictions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinance Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e examines the tension between psychosis and realism in the contemporary finance novel and shows that compared to earlier instances of the genre (Wolfe; Ellis), the 21st-century finance novel (Alger; Harris; Houellebecq; Lerner) develops a new realist approach to a contemporary economy of financial instruments and automated trading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Revisiting The Bonfire of the Vanities\u003cbr\u003e 2. Psychotic Realism in (American) Psycho\u003cbr\u003e 3. Financial Realism in The Fear Index\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Financial Universe (After Meillassoux)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Michel Houellebecq, Finance Novelist\u003cbr\u003e 6. Financing the Novel: Ben Lerner’s 10:04\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Economic Defense Systems; Or: On Financial Immunity\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406150607191,"sku":"9780823279166","price":71.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823279166.jpg?v=1730494702","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/finance-fictions-9780823279166","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}