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Books : "Cityboy": Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile
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"Cityboy": Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile by: Geraint Anderson List Price: £7.99 Vegetarian Books Price: £5.99 You Save: £2.00 (25%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780755346189 ISBN: 0755346181 Label: Headline Manufacturer: Headline Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: February 05, 2009 Publisher: Headline Studio: Headline Sales Rank: 5720 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Cityboy Belatedly Finds His Conscience. Yawn.As a commuter in London I was one of thousands who, on Mondays, caught up with the exploits of anonymous columnist "Cityboy" in the free hand-out "The London Paper". Purporting to lift the lid on the sordid existence of the average city banker, Cityboy's column continued for about two years until his unfortunate motrocycle accident, which led his premature retirement. In June 2008 Cityboy "came out" to the world as Geraint Anderson, an MP's son, and announced his intention to break into the world of novel-writing. On the whole, "Cityboy"'s columns weren't bad and his work tended to be amusing, in a blokey and obnoxious kind of way. It was more or less what we expected from a financial analyst: "My life is utterly amoral but since ... Read More: Rating: - Deja vuVery good read. It is not a book for the Nobel Prize of Literature so get over it. It is about the life of an actual person in the city that has been changed enough to be "fiction". I found it personally funny as I could see some people I met in most of the characters in the book, as well as some of the situations as well. I like the fact it made me laugh out loud and if you think it upsets you you must a) feel you are one of the characters portrayed negatively b) take life too seriously. I still hear 23-25 year olds on the train saying "I ONLY got a 30k bonus"... and they are fresh out of school. We all know that money is given away to those lucky enough to get to some of those positions and, except to Goldman Sachs bankers who ... Read More: Rating: - Loved it.I was a big fan of the Cityboy column, and put this on my wishlist for Christmas. Fantastic read; yes, there's a lot of swearing, but working in London (or New York, for that matter) will do that to you. When the other reviewers say "nothing new here," actually, to me, a lot was new. The flowcharts of perks and payoffs that could be drawn, all designed to swindle the average investor (that includes us not lucky enough to have a final salary public sector pension), really makes one lose sleep over their financial future. Well-written, engaging style that had me laughing out loud and scaring my poor inlaws as I spent Christmas outside the M25. Couldn't put it down. Rating: - Written as a very long LondonPaper columnBy essentially any literary measure this is a terrible book; poor writing style littered with similies, no flow, frequent bad language used in an attempt to appear witty and a very basic plot. The author used to write a short column in the LondonPaper about life in the City, and this read like a very extended version of one of his columns. The book smacks of hypocrisy throughout, not just the rather obvious preaching of left-wing ideals whilst making his millions, but frequent sexism and undue generalisations from a man who claimed he was a 'left-wing hippy' before entering the city. His constant references to 'Cityboys' - although understandable given the title - quickly become tiring, and are again over-generalised and repetetive. There ... Read More: Rating:  - DEJA VU - AN EXCELLENT READ - INTERESTING, FUNNY AND TRUE!!!I began working in the City in 1987 and having spent long periods on the buy-side and sell-side, I found Geraint's work an extremely accurate reflection of working life, in particular the brittle financial machinery, hideous & hilarious manipulation on both sides, psychological conflicts and social shenanigans. It was interesting, funny and very well-written as it is the TRUE inner voice of a young City broker and was well-structured and well-characterised. In fact, I found Geraint's portrayal of the main character's painful conflict between his social conscience and darker side extremely convincing. To those who haven't worked in the City, you would find City Boy entertaining, insightful and educational, particularly in the light of ... Read More: |
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