This Bleeding City

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Charlie Wales is a young man who wants everything. Fresh from University, he's seduced by the excitement of a new life in London and all that it promises. There's Vero, the beautiful French girl who might finally fall for him. There's the lure of art, but also the promise of fast money in the City. And his friends, who are spiralling into a world of non-stop parties and unchecked greed. But as the choices begin to tear him apart, there's also the danger that all the things he desires are on the brink of crashing around him.

This debut novel, written by a 30-year-old trader, does not merely pick over the carcass of the financial markets in the wake of the recent crash. It is also a heartbreaking love story, a withering study of the years of excess, and a timely reminder of how good people end up doing terrible things.

Author Bio

Alex Preston was born in 1979 and lives in London with his wife and child. He is Global Head of Trading in The Carlyle Group's Leveraged Finance division and is a regular commentator on the loan and credit markets, including appearances at industry conferences in Europe, Japan and the US. He previously worked as a trader in an investment bank. His grandfather, Samuel Hynes, is Woodrow Wilson Emeritus Professor of English at Princeton University. Alex has written song lyrics for numerous performers, including a top ten hit. Alex has had work published in The New Statesman, Attitude, and The Observer and previously worked in Paris in the fashion industry where one of his jobs was auditioning models for catwalk shows. He is currently training for a triathlon and working on his second novel.