Lexa, Gabriel and Rae are unlikely friends. Let’s call them sisters-in-arms. They meet in the oppressively masculine world of merchant banking in the 1980s, that polarised decade of strikes and deprivation, serious money and conspicuous consumption. Twenty-five years later, in the comfort zone of middle age, those awful yet exhilarating days are a distant memory. Lexa, Gabriel and Rae have other jobs, in another country. Then comes the banking crisis, and the return of a face from the past, and suddenly they’re back in the game, and playing for higher stakes than ever…
Reviews
Engrossing . . . the toughness and the edge that her prose achieves are perfect reflections of the content, and a boon to those who want to be made to think, both about men and women and the relations between them, and about the values we so often assume are shared ones
Intelligent and uncompromising
Impressive . . . dynamic, detailed and unsqueamish . . . the author leavens the mounting pace and energy of the book with some acute observations and a dry humour . . . Highly recommended