Overview
In the wake of his motherās death, Rogers Stout has no choice but to grow up fast. By high school, he already has the gamblerās gifts: a titanic brain, an uncanny ability to read people, and a risk-takerās daring. All he lacks is directionĀ .Ā .Ā .
Everything changes the summer before his senior year when Rogers is invited into the boisterous environment of an investment bankās trading roomāand to a gambling hall dive where he immediately wins big at poker, capturing the attention of his coworkers with his card-playing skills. Intrigued by trading markets, Rogersās intellectual curiosity takes him to Wharton and then Wall Street, where he faces challenges as an outsider who thinks and acts differently from the white-shoe establishment. Riding professional and personal highs and lowsālike the stock market crash of 1974āheāll have to learn to rebound, if heās to surviveĀ .Ā .Ā .
An intriguing look at human aspiration and the interplay of honor, greed, fear, and individuality, this novel reveals a time when a new generation upended the status quo on Wall Street and forever changed investing.
āA rip-roaring yarn of baseball, poker, and Wall Street told with humor and humanity, and a loving rendering of Wharton in the seventies.ā āGeoffrey Garrett, dean, The Wharton School
ā[An] absorbing story of an aspiring Wall Street trader.ā āKirkus Reviews
This book title, Make Me Even (A Coming of Age Novel), ISBN: 9781504080606, by Jerrold Fine, published by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. (October 4, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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