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bevdeforges · 12-15-2011, 06:04 AM

Just finished The Big Short by Michael Lewis, which was a very coherent explanation of what went wrong in the sub-prime crash in 2007-2008. A little scary, too, because too many of the people he writes about sound just like folks I used to work with.

Also just finished The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman. A real "expat novel" about people living in a foreign country (i.e. Italy) working on an English language newspaper that sounds suspiciously like the International HT here in Paris. I thoroughly enjoyed it, particularly for the expat angle.

Just started Room by Emma Donoghue and am already half way through it. Absolutely riveting - and I still do NOT understand how The Finkler Question got the Man Booker Award over Room - unless the ending is really bad or something! But I'll probably finish it before the weekend, so I'll find out.

12-15-2011, 06:04 AM	#11694
bevdeforges Addict Posts: 288 Karma: 1094000 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Essonne, France Device: Kobo Forma; Sony PRS600B; Sony 350; Sony T-2	Just finished The Big Short by Michael Lewis, which was a very coherent explanation of what went wrong in the sub-prime crash in 2007-2008. A little scary, too, because too many of the people he writes about sound just like folks I used to work with. Also just finished The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman. A real "expat novel" about people living in a foreign country (i.e. Italy) working on an English language newspaper that sounds suspiciously like the International HT here in Paris. I thoroughly enjoyed it, particularly for the expat angle. Just started Room by Emma Donoghue and am already half way through it. Absolutely riveting - and I still do NOT understand how The Finkler Question got the Man Booker Award over Room - unless the ending is really bad or something! But I'll probably finish it before the weekend, so I'll find out.