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The Silver Bears
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Eager to establish an efficient money-laundering organization, a Mafia family acquires a Swiss bank. But their almost-legitimate enterprise soon incorporates the schemes of a billionaire American speculator living in England, the hustles of a pair of smugglers running an illicit Iranian silver mine, and a scam that could topple the international monetary system.
Paul E. Erdman, the Edgar Award–winning author of The Billion Dollar Sure Thing and creator of the financial thriller genre, returns to the world of high finance for this gripping, Edgar-nominated novel about a bold scheme to rig the silver market. Adapted into the movie Silver Bears, starring Michael Caine, Erdman's intricately plotted tale of how to make a fortune — legitimately or not — was hailed by Kirkus as "another assured jackpot for an unnumbered account of readers."
Paul E. Erdman, the Edgar Award–winning author of The Billion Dollar Sure Thing and creator of the financial thriller genre, returns to the world of high finance for this gripping, Edgar-nominated novel about a bold scheme to rig the silver market. Adapted into the movie Silver Bears, starring Michael Caine, Erdman's intricately plotted tale of how to make a fortune — legitimately or not — was hailed by Kirkus as "another assured jackpot for an unnumbered account of readers."
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was the second novel written by Paul Erdman, it was written after he fled Switzerland when he was released on bail. It is his first novel outside of jail (The Billion Dollar Killing was written whilst incarcerated).The novel is well constructed, although having read some of his other works you can see a definite evolution in complexity and plots in the later novels.Unlike some books where the author tries to bumble their way through knowledge gaps with generalisations it is clear the author has a good understanding of the topic at hand. One would presume so after all considering he did go to jail for his part in the collapse of Salik Bank after it took large losses speculating in the cocoa market.The story basically covers a group of Americans who decide to open a Swiss bank to hide their money. They get drawn into a deal on an Iranian silver mine amidst a skyrocketing silver price which then makes their new bank a target for a shady corporate take over by a billionaire who is trying to corner the silver market.An enjoyable read on the commodity markets with some international finance intrigue thrown in, if you enjoy this I'd highly recommend The Crash of '79, Last Days of America and The Panic of '89 - these are later Erdman books which are slightly more refined and very enjoyable.
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