Wall Street Meat：My Narrow Escape from the Stock Market Grinder

图书标准信息

• 作者 Andy Kessler 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 2004-01
• ISBN 9780060592141
• 定价 130.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 272页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

WallStreetisafunnybusiness.Allyouhaveisyourreputation.Taintitandsomeoneelsewillfillyourshoes.Longevitycomesfrommaintainingthatreputation.
AskJackGrubman,theAll-StartelecomanalystfromSalomonSmithBarney;uber-bankerFrankQuattroneatCSFirstBoston;MorganStanley'sMary"QueenoftheNet"Meeker;orMerrillLynch'sHenryBlodget.
Well,theyprobablywon'ttellyouanything.ButhaveIgotsomegreatstoriesforyou.
SuccessfulhedgefundmanagerAndyKesslerlooksbackonhisyearsasananalystonWallStreetandoffersthiscautionarytaleoftheintoxicatingforceslooseintheworldoffinancethatoverwhelmedsoberanalysis.

【作者简介】

A.M.HomesSalonwroteofthecharactersinA.M.Homes’s2002storycollectionThingsYouShouldKnow,“Therearefewformalities,evenlessbulls--t,nomakingniceforthesakeofappearances.”ThesamecouldbesaidforHomes’sworkasawhole.Shespecializesinbringingdarkimpulsesandtwistedtendenciestothesurface,neversofteningordownplayingtheoftendisturbingbehaviordisplayedbyhercharacters.BiographyThebookHomesisperhapsbestknownforishernovelTheEndofAlice--chieflybecauseitcausedsuchastir.Thenarrator,amiddle-agedsexoffenderinprisonformurderingalittlegirl,developsacorrespondencewithacollegegirlwho'sobsessedwitha12-year-oldboy.Theresultwasacompendiumofbehavior--realandimagined--thatwaslargelysoviolent,sickeningor"show-offydirty,"astheNewYorkTimesputit,thatitsproseandeventswereexcerpt-resistantandleftmainlytothebraveandcurious.Thebookspurredaflurryofprotestsandattemptedbans.In1999,HomesfollowedupTheEndofAlicewithMusicforTorching,anovelofkinkandcircumstanceinthesuburbsofNewYorkinwhichanunhappycouplesetsfiretotheirownhouse,thenmovesinwithneighborswhoseseeminglyperfectmarriagerevealsitsownsubterraneanfaults.Ahighschoolhostagesituationthatispartofthebook'scodahadcoincidentalparallelstotheColumbinetragedythatsameyear.TheNewYorkTimeshadatypicalresponse:"Thefactis,Iwasattimesappalledbythebook,annoyedbyit,angeredbyit.Itsendingstruckmeascynicalandmanipulative.Butevenso,Ifoundmyselfraptfrombeginningtoend,fascinatedbyHomes'ssingle-mindedtalentforprovocation."Formanyreaders,summarieslikethisareasignaltorun,run,runintheotherdirection.Butfirst,considerthatHomes'sbooksarenotjustbigPandora'sboxes--theycanbeafunnyPandora'sboxes.Inthestory"RealDoll,"forexample,collectedin1990'sTheSafetyofObjects,aboy's--er,relationship--withaBarbiedollbearssomehumorousgibes("I[Barbie]ifshewantedsomethingtodrink.‘DietCoke,'shesaid.AndIwonderedwhyI'dasked.").Homes'searlierworkisalsoalmostsweetbycomparison.Herwell-receiveddebutnovelJackchronicledthestrugglesofa15-year-oldtocopewithhisparents'divorceandtherevelationthathisdadisgay;InaCountryofMothersdealswithamiddle-agedcounselor'sdeepeningrelationshipwithher19-year-oldfemaleclient.Bothbookscontainpoignantexplorationsofidentity.InhersecondstorycollectionThingsYouShouldKnow,Homescontinuedtodevelophersingular,eclecticvoice.Abiracialmarriagesuffersariftcreatedbyanaddled,deterioratingmother-in-lawin"ChineseLessons";NancyReagan'scurrentlifeisdevilishlyimaginedin"TheFormerFirstLadyandtheFootballHero";awomanendeavorstoinseminateherselfwiththeleftoversfrombeachtrystssheespiesin"Georgica."AswithHomes'spreviousworks,thecollectionisatestamenttotheauthor'stalentsforportrayingthedepthsofhumanpainanddepravitywithhumorandunabashedhonesty.GoodToKnowHomesisanadjunctassistantprofessorofcreativewritingatColumbiaUniversity.PerhapstiredofthescrutinythatarosefromTheEndofAlice,Homesoftencomesacrossasadifficultinterviewsubject,flatlyrefusingtoindulge(orevenvalidate)thenaturalcuriosityaboutanypersonalconnectiontoherwork.ShedresseddownaninterviewerinTheBarcelonaReviewin1997thusly:"Ihavenoexperiencewith‘recovery.'Again,you'reapplyingyourownnotionsaboutabuse,recovery,personalnarrative,tothework.ThesearenotareasIworkfrom,theyarenotrelevant....YouseemtohavearecurringquestionorconcernabouthowIassimilatewhatgoesoninmystoriesintoeverydaylife.Iamafictionwriter,Iworkfrommyimagination,inresponsetothingsgoingonintheculture."TheSafetyofObjectswasadaptedforfilmbydirectorRoseTrochein2001,withstarsincludingGlennCloseandDermotMulroney.Hometown:NewYork,NewYorkDateofBirth:十二月18,1961PlaceofBirth:Washington,D.C.Education:B.A.,SarahLawrenceCollege,1985;M.F.A.,UniversityofIowaWriters’Workshop