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Baser Metal. Paul Erdman is an exception. Although he is not the James Joyce of high finance, he is not Jacqueline Susann either. His plots and characters tend to be simple, but he combines a zest for the intricate poetry of the big deal with the ability and cheerful willingness to explain it. His first novel, the bestselling The Billion Dollar Sure Thing, straightened out the mysterious alchemy of the international gold market. It earned added interest from Erdman himself, a financier and economist who wrote the book while a resident in the Basel prison. The Swiss government insisted that...
...SILVER BEARS by PAUL ERDMAN 260 pages. Scribner...
...Erdman believes, the largest market manipulation in history, and his fact-filled fictional explanation goes like this. Some American Mafiosi, looking for a place to launder their tainted, untaxed dollars, buy a small Swiss bank. One of their first ventures is to bankroll an aristocratic Iranian who claims to have a huge silver mine. Word of this hoard leaks out to one of the world's richest men who also enjoys cornering the world's silver supply. Fearing that the Iranian's silver will flood the market and dilute the price, he makes an offer that even...
...Billion Dollar Sure Thing, Erdman...
...Erdman (2 last week) 2-The Hollow Hills, Stewart ( 3-The Honorary Consul,Greene (5) 4-World Without End, Amen, 8resLin (3) 5-Breakfast of Champions, Vonnegut (4) 6-The Salamander, West (7) 7-Once Is Not Enough, Susann (8) 8-Harvest Home, Tryon (6) 9-North Dallas Forty, Genf 10-Facing the Lions, Wicker...