He did what it takes to make it to the top, letting nothing hold him back. While orchestrating multibillion-dollar deals and becoming spectacularly wealthy, Jed binges on pot and alcohol, trades on inside information, cheats on his wife, and becomes one of Wall Street\u2019s key players. At the dawn of the new century, with a monomaniacal obsession Jed borrows to buy as many shares of Lehman Brothers as he can get his hands on, only to be wiped out on that fateful September day when Lehman was fed to the wolves. Forced from his four-bedroom duplex on Park Avenue to a cheap rental in the working-class town of Patchogue, is redemption and resurrection for Jed even possible?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through a kaleidoscope of voices\u2014his wife, his British secretary, his Marxist brother, the Lehman “informant,\u201d an internal auditor dedicated to Jed\u2019s destruction, and others\u2014we come to intimately understand Jed and how the unpredictable external forces to which we are all susceptible shape and define us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers was a pivotal moment in the 2008 crash of the financial markets that led to job losses, a housing market crisis, and a global recession whose effects are still being felt to this day. In telling the story of one man at the center of this moment, Ken Miller offers us a new perspective on Wall Street in the twenty-first century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Told through multiple voices, including family, colleagues, rivals, and informants, author Ken Miller immerses readers in the ambition, risk, and ruthless decision-making that fueled one of Wall Street\u2019s most turbulent eras. Drawing on insider knowledge, Miller delivers a layered portrait of Jed Czincosca, a man whose relentless drive leads to fortune and destruction. With themes of money, power, and market collapse, this novel will resonate with readers who enjoy true crime, stock market sagas, and gripping business books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s both a compelling drama and a sharp commentary on the system that rewards risk, and punishes failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An Excerpt From High Finance<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The more Lehman stock Jed owned, the greater his commitment to The Firm grew. As his investment increased, so did the frequency of his Stoli\/pot binges, and the more frequently they occurred, the more nudges Amanda gave about the family\u2019s need for a \u201crelaxing vacation.\u201d A week here and there at their second home in Quogue was not what she had in mind. Her nagging after the birth of their second son was becoming unbearable to him, just as his bouts of depression were to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, one Saturday evening, the issue over vacation was resolved. He had been reading to Petey, who was six, and Robby, who was almost four. Tiffky Doofky was a story about a dapperly dressed canine garbage collector seeking love in all the wrong places. Amanda entered the room just as Tiffky found his true love in Estrella the snake charmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cStay, mommy,\u201d Petey begged. She sat down on his bed. \u201cDo ducks really know the future?\u201d Petey asked, referring to the prediction by Madame Tarsal, the fortune-telling mallard who had foreseen Tiffky\u2019s happiness. \u201cOnly talking ducks,\u201d Jed said. \u201cDaddy, story,\u201d Robby requested, around the thumb in his mouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jed and Amanda looked affectionately into each other\u2019s eyes over the bodies of their sleepy children. \u201cOnce upon a time,\u201d he began, \u201cTiffky and Estrella had a litter of two beautiful puppies. Tiffky was a complicated mutt, and happiness was hard for him. He loved the puppies like crazy, often bringing a special something for them that he\u2019d found in the garbage.\u201d \u201cWoof,\u201d Robby said. \u201cBut he was crazy focused on one thing.\u201d \u201cWhat, daddy?\u201d Petey wanted to know. \u201cOwning the dump, or as much of it as he could get his hands on\u2014\u201d \u201cDo doggies ever go on vacation?\u201d Petey interrupted. He had obviously been pre-programmed by Amanda. In a heartbeat, Jed went from angry to resigned to magnanimous. \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he smiled, \u201cbut how would you boys like to go on one?\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":20350,"template":"","format":[59],"meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"book-author":[802],"blockchain":[4],"book-genre":[],"narrator":[],"book-publisher":[149],"series":[],"class_list":["post-20349","book-dea","type-book-dea","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","book-author-ken-miller","blockchain-cardano","format-ebook","book-publisher-ulysses-press"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n