Buck Stops Here - Couverture souple

Parton, Jim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 067185111X ISBN 13 : 9780671851118

Editeur : Pocket Books, 1996

Synopsis

Until recently Jim Parton worked as a stockbroker, becoming disillusioned with not being the success he thought he ought to have been. Now, when money and potential employers are thin on the ground, Jim is forced to re-evaluate his relationships with work, his family and life in general

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Updated edition of the City bestseller, with a brand new epilogue. By most people's standards, Jim Parton was being paid vast sums of money for doing nothing very much in the City. That is until, right in the middle of the recession, he is unceremoniously fired by his ungrateful boss. Sound familiar? Of course. But this is not 2009 mid credit crunch, this is the early 1990s. This a story from the last crisis, telling how Jim survived the shock of losing his job, the fallout from it, and how, despite all of it, he went on to have a happier life (in the end). This is Jim's story of 'before and after'; of Maseratis and designer clothes; of dim people earning disgusting salaries; of fashionable redundancy becoming feared unemployment and of what really happens when you spend more time with your wife and family. A tale from the previous crash then, but one offering hope to those in the City right now and to those outside the City providing an insight to what life is like for people who populate the Square Mile. Find out what happens when the money stops...

Biographie de l'auteur

Born in Nairobi in 1959, Jim Parton was educated at Haileybury and St Andrews University, where he read French (but only for the two weeks before finals). After a short career in the City, he has been a freelance writer. For some years he ran the charity Families Need Fathers. His books include Unreasonable Behaviour, Let Me Entertain You (for Robbie Williams) and Walking on Air (for Trevor Jones). He is married, with two toddlers and twin babies. He and his wife live in Poland where they are restoring a small palace.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pocket Books
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 067185111X
• ISBN 13: 9780671851118
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 290
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible