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Set principally in New York and London, the novel finds a bank CEO and a tabloid publisher at odds over a loan. A Russian oligarch, eager to expand his influence, offers to rescue the publisher. An investigative reporter then probes this financing and delivers a front-page story that exposes the machinations of the main characters. Along the way, there is financial and sexual blackmail, vivid descriptions of character and place and an often satirical take on the lives of the well-heeled.