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Discover the untold story of the financial thriller, a genre pioneered by Canadian banker-turned-author Paul Erdman from a Swiss prison cell. Starting with the publication of The Billion Dollar Sure Thing in 1973, this book explores the genre's evolution as a popular and even vulgar genre of financialisation, characterised by volatile plots centred on currency speculation where the central mystery is money, not murder. By contextualising the rise of financial thrillers within the dramatic events of the 1970s, such as the abolition of the Bretton Woods system and the oil crises, this book illustrates how a genre found the world of finance during a particular historical moment, but also how the world of finance found its genre. This compelling narrative connects the past to our present financial landscape, making it essential for anyone interested in the intersection of economic, literary and cultural history.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: 1973 - A Monument to Radical Instants
1. A Genre of Crisis, a Crisis of Genre
2. Holy Trinity: Money, Gold and Oil (the Brave New World after Bretton Woods)
Intermezzo I: Funny-Money Land
3. A Question of Character
Intermezzo II: The Silences of the Financial Thriller
4. The Bull and the Bear, or, The Thrilling Drama of Finance
Intermezzo III: The Art of Finance
5. The Author as Mansplainer: Pedagogical and Moral Lessons
Conclusion: This Is Not an Ending
Bibliography
Notes
Index
