In the tradition of The Alienist and written with scholarly attention to period detail, A Conspiracy of Paper is one of the wittiest and most suspenseful historical novels in recent memory, as well as a perceptive and beguiling depiction of the origin of today's financial markets. In Benjamin Weaver, author David Liss has created an irresistibly appealing protagonist, one who parlays his knowledge of the emerging /5(). 8 rows · · David Liss was born in and grew up in south Florida. He is currently a doctoral candidate Brand: Random House Publishing Group. A Conspiracy of Paper is Liss's first novel and also, as it happens the first book in his Benjamin Weaver historical series. This one is set in 18th Century London, with a focus on the stock traders and the mystery of the death / murder of Weaver's father/5.
A Conspiracy of Paper. by David Liss. 1. Do you think Weaver should have constantly bailed Miriam out of trouble? What do you think about him not getting the girl in the end? Did you want to see them together or was the books' ending more believable? 2. Did this novel make you change your sentiments about the current stock market? David Liss is the author of eleven novels, most of them historical fiction. He wrote A Conspiracy of Paper while pursuing a Ph.D. in English literature at Columbia. Apparently, the book did so well that he turned to full-time writing and never finished his dissertation. By David Liss. pp. New York: Random House. $ ear the beginning of David Liss's strikingly authentic-sounding first novel, "A Conspiracy of Paper," which is set in London in , there is mention of a character "profiting in his speculation, taking advantage of the fluctuations in the markets caused by the rivalries between the Bank of.
David Liss was born in and grew up in south Florida. He is currently a doctoral candidate. "A Conspiracy of Paper" by David Liss A series of murders in the sordid London of lead a "Philip Marlowe in tights" to the financial giants of the day. By Andrew Roe. In the tradition of The Alienist and written with scholarly attention to period detail, A Conspiracy of Paper is one of the wittiest and most suspenseful historical novels in recent memory, as well as a perceptive and beguiling depiction of the origin of today's financial markets. In Benjamin Weaver, author David Liss has created an irresistibly appealing protagonist, one who parlays his knowledge of the emerging stock market into a new kind of detective work.
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