Title: A self-serving boor
Product review: Clearly, this book is auto-biographical, judging from the author's bio on the rear flap. I chose this novel because it is about an industry that I know much about, and the factual matters were quite accurate. However, I found the brotherhood banter to be almost unreadable and incredibly un-entertaining. The author clearly enjoys writing the flying sections, as they are over-wrought with detail not found on any other topic in the book. I found no sympathy, no any emotion whatsoever for Henry (the "hero"? "goat"?) nor for anyone else in this pompous attempt at New York name-dropping....leave that for Dominick Dunne or Tom Wolfe. I was disappointed...I really wanted to like this book.
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