Bank: A Novel

In this entertaining debut novel, young investment bankers struggle to survive a world of sadistic bosses, nervous breakdowns and elevator romances.Every July, a fresh crop of college grads in spiffy new suits arrive at top investment banks—where their big money dreams collide with the realities of office life. In this entertaining debut novel, a stressed-out guy analyst nicknamed Mumbles recounts how he and his cohorts struggle to survive corporate purgatory while finding ways to strike back at the system—and maybe, just maybe, eek out some sort of personal life.Fueled by a constant flow of Starbucks coffee, Mumbles and his friends secretly film a despised colleague's boardroom romp with an assistant, creating footage they plan to broadcast at the company's holiday party. But true gratification comes only when they finally stand up to the bank's evil minions who routinely pile on a weekend's worth of work on a Friday afternoon. Read more