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Cityboy
- Beer and Loathing in the Square Mile
- Narrated by: Tom Hollander
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
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'Who is Cityboy? He's every brash, suited, FT-carrying idiot who ever pushed past you on the tube. He's the egotistical buffoon who loudly brags about how much cash he's made on the market at otherwise pleasant dinner parties. He's the greedy, ruthless wanker whose actions are helping turn this world into the shit-hole it's rapidly becoming. For one period in my life, he was me.'
In this no-holds-barred, warts-and-all account of life in London's financial heartland, Cityboy breaks the Square Mile's code of silence in his own inimitable style, revealing explosive secrets, tricks of the trade and the corrupt, murky underbelly at the heart of life in the city.
Drawing on his experience as a young analyst in a major investment bank, the six-figure bonuses, monstrous egos, and the everyday culture of verbal and substance abuse that fuels the world's money markets is brutally exposed as Cityboy describes his ascent up the hierarchy of this intensely competitive and morally dubious industry, and how it almost cost him his sanity.
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- NickUKbuyer
- 10-02-20
Good fun and great insight
Shame the narration was very rushed and no doubt polished off in Hollanders lunch break but a good story and insight into the 90’s onwards Square Mile stockbroker ethos and lifestyle
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- Reuben Neill
- 16-07-20
Absolutely, London posh wolf of Wall st
Wish it went for 10 yrs.
The narrator is brilliant, so many books are let down by poor narrative
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- londonianka
- 10-07-20
Good book
The only think that I don't like about this audiobook is that it is not word for word with the book. There are so many parts missed, like Glastonbury or South America 'adventures. That's a shame.
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- Mr. Jonathan Bailey
- 25-11-18
Much shorter than expected.
Perhaps the day to day spreadsheets were more prevalent than the garish macho bravardery fuelled by booze and cocaine?
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- Robert
- 24-01-11
Quality!
For some reason I was not expecting much from this audio book, but almost immediately I was drawn into this real life story of a city boy!
The story is punchy and a little edgy and a joy to listen to, the voice of the reader suits the text perfectly.
It was genuinely the best book I have listened to for a long time and was disappointed when it finished!
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- Peter maw
- 21-08-20
Eye opening
Makes me want to become a banker, truly fits my life style. Hopefully I can get to his level one day
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- Torre
- 15-03-24
Author Narrator perfect combo
Not only is this one of the greatest books of all time, it’s the greatest narration in the history of audiobooks. Just wish it was twice as long.
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- Jack
- 12-10-10
Simply the best Audiobook i have ever listened to
outstanding!!
exceptionally interesting giving a highly insightful firsthand view into the grim world of the square mile.
Andersons voice is simply the cherry on the cake, hilarious, witty and informative.
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- James Hardy
- 31-01-18
Hilariously insightful
Very enjoyable book. Immediately engaging and funny throughout. The narrators deadpan voice makes it! Cannot recommend enough!
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- Mr
- 09-06-19
Entertaining, if not terribly informative.
This is a fun little book about the greed, hedonism, corruption and general childishness of some of the members of our esteemed financial institutions. I suspect revelations about such things are not as shocking as they might once have been to a generation reared on "The Wolf of Wall Street", but Anderson still has a way with words and a way of making his various anecdotes entertaining.
What the book lacks however, is any real point. I'm not entirely sure what I or anyone else is supposed to do differently in response to these "revelations". Except perhaps lobby for a crackdown on insider trading, and treat the talking heads on TV with appropriate skepticism. It will certainly however please anyone who has ever felt that city-types are over-paid for what they do, since Anderson is unashamedly baffled as to why he was paid as much as he was.
The narrator is good, really captures the spirit of the book in a natural way.
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