A decade ago, Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities offered a withering portrait of the forces that move New York's elite and poor communities in the story of a corporate
bond trader whose fast life is derailed by an accident in the Bronx.
Thus I was delighted to discover that Duffy's maiden literary voyage has steered clear of the silly and sordid clichés of so - called «chick lit,» and instead delivers a delectable tale of a plucky female
bond trader whose Wall Street escapades just happen to coincide with the economic Armageddon of 2008.