Customer Reviews
junk - By: Wayno, 02 Aug 2008 
As one other reviewer said: could have been written by anyone who kept a diary. I have lost interest after 3 chapters ( the trading floor had traders AND Market makers ????)
Save your money & buy liars poker instead.
City worker, beware.... - By: C. Askew, 29 Jul 2008 
What I find rather hilarious is that 90% of the negative reviews written about this book are written by past & present city workers who are obviously furious at the brutal, honest & hilarious portrayal of the average city 'fat cats' that Geraint has achieved so immaculately.
I would tell anyone else to not be swayed by these negative reviews - the book is truly unique & will make you laugh until it hurts. Its definately one on the funniest things I have readin a long time, & I salute Geraint for taking the courage to walk away from it all & expose the b******s for what they really are.
Interesting but not really that clever - By: David Sealey, 22 Jul 2008 Upon opening the book I was disappointed to read the disclaimer that it was purely a work of fiction based on his city experience. I was expecting a whistle blower's account but instead got a jaded hippy's story of what life might have been like.
Throughout the book I find myself taking a dislike to the greedy, selfish, drug addicted, hypocrite that is Steve the would-be anti-hero. The book isn't well written either with frequent bad language & crude saying taking the place of good sentences.
Disappointment & dislike aside I made it through the whole book & found the author's discussion on stock market crashes & bubbles over the last decade particularly interesting & insightful. For this reason the book is worth a read & I give it an honest 3/5.
Bloody Brilliant - By: D. L. Anderton, 21 Jul 2008 I couldn't care less if this book is about fact or fiction. All I know is that I bought it at the airport & red 150 pages while waitingin the departure lounge. Another 100 pages on the plane, & a final 53 pages before going to sleep. Any book that keeps me reading has got to be worth a look.
Should be called 'City ego' - Geraint Anderson's autobiography - By: Mr. Timothy D. James, 15 Jul 2008 
The inlay to this book tells us the author 'breaks the Square Mile's code of silence to reveal explosive secrets about what life is really like' but all I really discovered here was how big an ego one cityboy (like hundreds of others) can have.
The essence of the book is basically :
1. His brother got him a jobin the city
2. He snorted cocaine
3. He lied his way from job to job,in the process gaining ludicrous bonuses & pay increases
4. How his main aim for 6 years was to outdo a fellow analyst, betting a £100k on it
5. Then at the end stickin some paragraphs about world peace & how the city is a place of greed & backstabbing (as if we did not know !)
I found nothing really newin the book having workedin the city for 13 years. Many people could have written this story. (if you keep a diary & are a city analyst/trader you may as well submit it to the publisher !).
The author gives us his life story of his timein the city over 300 pages but tends to give us history lessons (eventsin Corporate America & Black Monday) which have no correlation to the flow of the book.
Geraint Anderson is a classic story of working the system to his benefit, having fun on the way, sacrificing those around him & then leaving the city as he 'felt uncomfortable' with it, despite having earnt a fortune from it. Smells of double standards to me.
This is more for the airport folks who want to sit on a beach & not have to read anythingin depth. A simple read which as mentioned has not really revealed any secrets at all.
