THIS BLEEDING CITY PB C FORMAT – ALEX PRESTON

The shattering novel of one man swept away in the turmoil of emotional, financial and moral boom and bust. Charlie Wales is a young man who wants everything. Fresh from University, he s seduced by the excitement of a new life in London and all that it promises. There s Vero, the beautiful French girl who might finally fall for him. There s the lure of art, but also the promise of fast money in the City. And his friends, who are spiralling into a world of non-stop parties and unchecked greed. But as the choices begin to tear him apart, there s also the danger that all the things he desires are on the brink of crashing around him…This debut novel, written by a 30-year-old trader, does not merely pick over the carcass of the financial markets in the wake of the recent crash. It is also a heartbreaking love story, a withering study of the years of excess, and a timely reminder of how good people end up doing terrible things.