Bank

Every July, a fresh crop of college graduates clad in spiffy new suits fills the offices of investment banking firms, each newly minted analyst longing for big money while sacrificing anything that resembles a normal life.

In this enormously entertaining first novel, a lovable, stressed-out guy nicknamed Mumbles tells the story of how he and his cohorts not only struggle to survive corporate purgatory, but also find satisfying ways to strike back at the system. Fueled by a constant flow of Starbucks coffee, Mumbles and his friends take on such tasks as secretly filming a despised colleague's boardroom romp with an assistant, creating footage they plan to broadcast at the company's holiday party. But true gratification comes only when they actually start standing up to the bank's evil minions, those who have no qualms about piling on a weekend's worth of work on a Friday afternoon.

With sharp comedy, episodes of inspired hijinks, and its glimpse into a world of fleeting elevator romances and not-so-infrequent nervous breakdowns, BANK is a touching and lively novel that is, at its heart, about figuring out what really matters in life.

Author: David Bledin
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.76w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9780316016735

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/29/2007 pg. 38
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2007 pg. 136
Quill & Quire 05/01/2007 pg. 45

About the Author
David Bledin has cubicle-hopped in both investment banking and economic consulting. Bank is his first novel.