Moral Hazard

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The acclaimed second novel from Kate Jennings, author of Snake.
On Wall Street, reflects Cath, women are about as welcome as fleas in a sleeping bag. She finds herself working there because she needs serious money: after ten good years, her beloved older husband Bailey is gravely ill. So begins her journey into two nightmare worlds.

Powerful, and darkly, disconcertingly comic. Margaret Walters, Sunday Times

Blackly funny, coruscatingly clear-eyed and intelligent, Kate Jennings second novel doesnt waste a word. Maureen Duffy, author of Restitution

A unique book by an extraordinary writer: The great city illuminated from within. Shirley Hazzard, author of The Transit of Venus

A small pearl of a novelas gripping as any thriller. Newsday

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Her observation is acute. She mercilessly mocks plutocrats deeply suspicious of metaphors and words of more than two syllables. Helen Brown, Daily Telegraph

Whip-smart, knowing and wry. People Magazine

A remarkable achievement. Jennings brings to her novels an understanding of how to distil narrative down to its essences. She is an observer, exploring the world with objectivity, humour and refreshing irony. Margaret Stead, Times Literary Supplement

Unsparing and unsentimental, Jennings conveys extraordinary characters with a wry, knowing intelligence. A perfect example of less is more, Moral Hazard is both touching and funny without ever being slushy. Big Issue

Compelling reading. Caths thorny humour adapts itself well to both terminal illness and terminal greed. New York Observer

Author Bio

Kate Jennings, who grew up in Australia, has lived in New York since 1979. Her writings have appeared in the New York Times Book Review and she is the author of an award-winning collection of short stories, Women Falling Down in the Street. She is the author of Snake and Moral Hazard.