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The financier.

Author: Theodore Dreiser
Publisher: Cleveland, World Pub. Co., 1946.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Explores the corruption of the American dream. Frank Cowperwood, a fiercely ambitious businessman, emerges as the very embodiment of greed as he relentlessly seeks satisfaction in wealth, women, and power. As Cowperwood deals and double-deals, betrays and is in turn betrayed, his rise and fall come to represent the American success story stripped down to brutal realities -- a struggle for spoils without conscience  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.
Financier.
Cleveland, World Pub. Co., 1946
(OCoLC)609525553
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Theodore Dreiser
OCLC Number: 2881947
Description: 503 p. 21 cm.

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Explores the corruption of the American dream. Frank Cowperwood, a fiercely ambitious businessman, emerges as the very embodiment of greed as he relentlessly seeks satisfaction in wealth, women, and power. As Cowperwood deals and double-deals, betrays and is in turn betrayed, his rise and fall come to represent the American success story stripped down to brutal realities -- a struggle for spoils without conscience or pity.

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