The book explores a lesser-known region of Asia, weaving together insights and narratives that connect the surreal ending of Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust with Paul Theroux's Mosquito Coast. Tucker's deep knowledge and engaging style provide a captivating look at this unique area, highlighting its cultural and historical significance while drawing intriguing parallels between the two literary works.
World of Finance, a massive investment company, is teetering on the point of implosion. Controlled by the elusive, brooding Baroque, it is irrevocably unravelling. But not before it can suck in the naive and amoral and destroy them. Set in the sixties, this mordant satire of international investment draws on Shelby Tucker s brief experience of Bernie Cornfeld's Investment Overseas Services, a lucrative financial confidence game, which, like WoF collapsed catastrophically. 'Client Service' could not be more entertaining or more apposite.