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A tale of financial skulduggery reminiscent of recent city scandals' Daily Telegraph

Trollope''s magnificent and prescient satire about a dishonest financier who buys his way into a corrupt society, and throws it into turmoil.

When the Melmottes arrive in London everyone agrees their manners are wanting, their taste is excerable and their lineage and background decidedly shadowy. But their money is far from revolting, and city society quickly makes allowan

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Trollope's masterpiece...its examination of how hopes of easy money can corrupt individuals and sections of society remains relevant today... It is all too easy to imagine the "Great Financier", Augustus Melmotte a shadowy, egotistical and tyrannical swindler, at the top of a contemporary investment bank. * Observer *
Dominating the narrative is the majestically dishonest Augustus Melmotte: a speculative railroad financier who buys an English society only too willing to sell itself...The darkest of Trollope's 47 novels. * Guardian *
A tale of financial skulduggery reminiscent of recent city scandals * Daily Telegraph *
His subtle depiction of relationships and the struggle to make decisions is unrivalled. He's so funny, so perceptive, so clear-sighted about the pursuit of money and power and status. Everyone with a pulse should read him. -- Francesca Simon * Guardian *

The Way We Live Now

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 5 January 2012
      ISBN-13 9780099528661
      978-0099528661
      ISBN-10 0099528665
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A tale of financial skulduggery reminiscent of recent city scandals' Daily Telegraph

      Trollope''s magnificent and prescient satire about a dishonest financier who buys his way into a corrupt society, and throws it into turmoil.

      When the Melmottes arrive in London everyone agrees their manners are wanting, their taste is excerable and their lineage and background decidedly shadowy. But their money is far from revolting, and city society quickly makes allowan

      Trade Review
      Trollope's masterpiece...its examination of how hopes of easy money can corrupt individuals and sections of society remains relevant today... It is all too easy to imagine the "Great Financier", Augustus Melmotte a shadowy, egotistical and tyrannical swindler, at the top of a contemporary investment bank. * Observer *
      Dominating the narrative is the majestically dishonest Augustus Melmotte: a speculative railroad financier who buys an English society only too willing to sell itself...The darkest of Trollope's 47 novels. * Guardian *
      A tale of financial skulduggery reminiscent of recent city scandals * Daily Telegraph *
      His subtle depiction of relationships and the struggle to make decisions is unrivalled. He's so funny, so perceptive, so clear-sighted about the pursuit of money and power and status. Everyone with a pulse should read him. -- Francesca Simon * Guardian *

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