Money, Speculation and Finance in Contemporary British Fiction

by Nicky Marsh

Fiction has become increasingly concerned with the political and imaginative significance of finance, speculation and the money markets - from Ian Fleming's Goldfinger to Jonathan Coe's What a Carve Up and Martin Amis' Money. This book argues that recent British fiction demystifies the 'weightless' economy of contemporary money and critiques the popular sense of money as being everywhere but nowhere. The monograph provides a comprehensive survey...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826495443
• ISBN13: 9780826495440
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"