NOTE : all the one star reviews are incorrect about the author’s edits in the online edition. The second section is written to be an ACTUAL unfinished memoir. The notes are SUPPOSED to be there. A financier’s life told in 4 parts: a semi-autobiographical novella, an incomplete memoir, a first person story line split in past and present action and journal entries. It’s effortlessly written. Keenly observed in the sparest of lines.

This edition is filled with sections of the author’s notes instead of the story itself. Very disappointing for a book of this caliber!

Fascinating overall but it took quite a while to realize that. If you start, keep reading to the end.

Do not buy this edition! Pages 95-99+ in my ebook copy has notes instead of pages from the novel/narrative. I purchased it from Apple and while they acknowledged the error, they would not correct the issue.

Nothing less to be expected from a Pulitzer Prize work. The author certainly has an impressive vocabulary, again, as to be expected. The arc of the story was unexpected and in the end enjoyable. Plodding at times as characters explained their grandiosity, but such is men in real life too. A worthwhile read.

An adventurous novel, unlike any I’ve read before where three separate entities converge like, well, a novel. If you consider yourself a lover of the written word, a wordsmith yourself, or just looking to be challenged and rewarded, I would recommend this book.

Incredible writing. First two chapters will no reveal where this could go and you need a bit of patience but in the end so rewarding. So smart. That was such a pleasure.

I was left underwhelmed.

Such an intricate weaving. You will experience yourself pulled through each page.

not life changing but worth a read. kinda wanted to just finished it at the end.