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PESTON**, ROBERT: : THE CRASH. ** [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.ZAFFRE/an imprint of Zaffre Publishing Group,2023.

ISBN 9781804183526.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten,felt-tip black ink forename as signature - without dedication - to title page.Bright,crisp,clean, multi-image colour photographic montage'd illustrated dw/dj panels; front of dw/dj with author's capitalised,glossy,embossed,white-lettered name and capitalised,glossy,embossed, pale green-lettered title; capitalised, matt, white-lettered Sunday Times bestseller credit at top edge and other white-lettered strapline below title.Spine/backstrip with thumbnail photograph detail from front's images to head+ foot of same,along with repeated similarly coloured+lettered author name+title as the front's and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered initialled colophon to foot of same, rear panel of dw/dj with montage'd colour photographic images and capitalised,gloss lettered strapline and 9 critics' white+green-lettered reviews for his debut novel 'WHISTLEBLOWER.' Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present - miscule pushing at head of spine and a small oblique crease at foot of same.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean withou blemish; contents similar - pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean,unblemished,sharp-cornered,plain navy blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked metallic blue lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain dark blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,vii-viiipp+1-383pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,30 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,a dedication,plus to the rear,Peston's Readers' Club invite advertisement, author's background of novel as a sequel to 'WHISTLEBLOWER' etc.,publisher's b/w cover illustration of said title and its synopsis, and,as last pages,2pp blanks.   visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults. LONDON,2007.It's summer in the City: the economy is booming and the stock market sits near record highs. Journalist Gil Peck is a lone voice worrying it can't last.He has noticed strange things happening in the financial system which could threaten the whole economy.But nobody - politicians,bankers,even his own bosses - wants to hear it.                                      When Gil gets a tip-off that a small northern bank has run out of money,his report triggers the first run on a UK bank in over a century.The next day,Marilyn Krol,a director of the bank of England,dies in an apparent suicide.              For Gil,it's personal.Marilyn was his lover: was his scoop connected to her suicide? Or is there something more sinister in her death?      Gil's investigation draws him deeper into the rotten heart of the financial system,wherE old school ties and secret Oxbridge societies lubricate vast and illegal conflicts of interest.The whole economy has been built on a house of cards,and Gil is threatening to bring it down.But in a world ruled by greed,some will kill to protect their interests . . .   'The Crash' is the  sequel to it's prequel, 'Whistleblower.'                            Please contact seller,for correct,insured/Tracked shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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Author SIGNED - without dedication.

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