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This book club edition is in very good condition for its age. Head and tail of book spine bumped. The dustjacket is complete (some small nicks) and the dustjacket spine is a little faded. “Peter Edward Talbot was a City prodigy. At thirty-three he had built up the Commonwealth Loan Corporation from a name in the telephone directory to a powerful financial organization with wide-ranging interests. His mind was as fast as the Aston-Martin which he owned. Then he was arrested on a charge of reckless, drunken driving. The judge gave him ninety days in gaol and a fine of £100. This was awkward. Talbot had been fiddling his books, and a shortage of £100,000 had to be made up before the next audit…” IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH