Golden Handcuffs

Everyone's got a child, a friend or a neighbour who works in the City. The six-figure bonuses and golden hellos are no secret, nor are the hundred-hour weeks, the highpressure deals or the regular rounds of redundancies in the Square Mile. It's a cut-throat world...everyone knows that. But do they know what it's like for the thousands of fresh-faced young graduates who pour into the City each year? Do they know what it's like to get woken up at three in the morning by a taxi outside your window, ready to haul you back into the office? What it's like to feel guilty for sloping off to the gym at nine o'clock at night? This cynical but entertaining novel follows two 'high-flyers' through their first year in the City. Based on the writer's experience at an American investment bank, it reveals a world that doesn't quite match up with the fast-paced, exhilarating one that was painted so enticingly on the undergraduate milk-round. "Golden Handcuffs" is about twenty-something graduates in the City. It tells of ambition, hard work and disillusionment. It has been called a 'latter day version of "Liar's Poker" by Michael Lewis', a 'must-read for all young professionals' and strikes a similar chord to "I Don't Know How She Does It" by Allison Pearson, though it is aimed at a younger reader. A witty insight into the City, it is told with a fresh, young style that cannot fail to appeal to this as-yet untapped market.

ISBN 1905886349   Pages 384 ISBN13 9781905886340 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Troubador Publishing   Published in Leicester Imprint Matador   Height (mm) 203 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 127 Publication date 04 Nov 2006   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY 823.92   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

Her biting descriptions neatly expose the banality of a macho culture addicted to its own mythology. Metro A thought provoking work which begs the question, are golden handshakes really as glittering as they seem? CityLife

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