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Title: Misleading title
Review: Dr. Nelken has compiled a series of articlesby a variety of authors dealing with particularlydiverse aspects of exotic options.Although some of the papers contain usefulinformation, the book does not deserve tobe called a "handbook": it is more like aloose compilation, thus making it uselessas a reference.I ordered the book in 1998 at my localbookstore and felt cheated after thefirst browsing. The extra star is thereto praise the occasional pearl of wisdomyou will encounter while reading throughall 15 chapters.Finally, the cover advertises with"valuable software included", referringto a demo (!) of EXOTICOP (c). I stronglydisagree: the program is nothing morethan a black-scholes type exotics pricerwith a primitive interface, barely touchingthe level of an undergraduate paper.To add insult to injury, some of theinput parameters are frozen in thedemo version.To put it in dealer's phraseology, thisbook is a big yours.
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