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On Wall Street, reflects Cath, women are about as welcome as fleas in a sleeping bag. Funny, liberal and left-leaning, she is an unlikely candidate to be writing speeches on derivatives in a Manhattan tower, 'putting words in the mouths of plutocrats deeply suspicious of metaphors... Read Full Overview

"A unique book by an extraordinary writer...humane and unsparing; witty, unsettling, and wildly intelligent."--Shirley Hazzard, author of The Transit of Venus

"A piercing novel, gleaming with facets of hard-won knowledge, polished by experience and a keen intelligence."--Publisher's... Read Full Overview