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Overview
This dark satire about an entitled young banker in a downward spiral is "a very modern and thoroughly haunting piece of work" (The Sunday Telegraph).
It's 2008 and Matt Freeman is living in London, desperately trying to keep a toehold in the financial world by running a shadow banking business with contacts in North Korea and Iran. He is furious with the emptiness and impermanence of twenty-first century life--but addicted to the allure of luxury possessions: cars, watches, bespoke suits. And meanwhile, there is the question of why the women in Matt Freeman's life seem to disappear.Capturing one of the world's financial capitals at a crucial moment, poised between extravagant excess and a terrifying recession, Get Me Out of Here is a satirical psychological thriller about the rage and desperation that come with the expectation of money for nothing. By turns darkly comic and unnerving, Sutton's novel possesses a moral authority rare in contemporary fiction.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781609450076
- ISBN-10: 1609450078
- Publisher: Europa Editions
- Publish Date: May 2011
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.75 pounds
- Page Count: 304
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