The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow Paperback Book

Description: The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow Money-laundering, cyber-knavery and shell-company chicanery: Marty Hench is an expert in them all. Hes Silicon Valleys most accomplished forensic accountant and well versed in the devious ways of Fortune 500s, divorcing oligarchs, and international drug cartels alike (and theres more crossover than you might imagine). Cory Doctorows hard-charging, read-in-one-sitting, techno take on the classic PI pulp novel.**Its 2006, and Marty Hench is at the top of his game as a self-employed forensic accountant, a veteran of the long guerrilla war between the people who want to hide money and the people who want to find it. He spends his downtime holidaying on Catalina Island, where scenic, imported bison wander the bluffs and frozen, reheated fast food burgers cost $25. (Wait, what?) When, during one vacation, Marty disrupts a seemingly innocuous scheme, he has no idea hes kicked off a chain of events that will overtake the next decade of his life. Because hes made his most dangerous mistake yet. Hes trespassed into the playgrounds of the ultra-wealthy and identified their latest target: Californias Department of Corrections, who manage the states prison system. Secure in the knowledge that theyre living behind far too many firewalls to be identified, the tycoons have hundreds of thousands of prisoners at their mercy, and the potential of millions of pounds to make off them.But now, Marty is about to ruin their fun... A seething rebuke of the privatized prison system that delves deeply into the arcane and baroque financial chicanery involved in the 2008 financial crash, The Bezzle is a red-hot follow up to Red Team Blues. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation, a Big Tech disassembly manual; Red Team Blues, a science fiction crime thriller; Chokepoint Capitalism, non-fiction about monopoly and creative labour markets; the Little Brother series for young adults; In Real Life, a graphic novel; and the picture book Poesy the Monster Slayer. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. Review A fast-paced, voraciously readable thriller that lays bare the financial rot at the core of Silicon Valleys high-minded rhetoric of innovation. - Roger McNamee, author of Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook CatastropheI showed up for the high-tech ideas and stayed for the whodunit. You dont need to be a techie to love Red Team Blues – you just need to be fascinated about what the future might hold. - A. G. Riddle, author of Lost in TimeWell, talk about timely. In the wake of the late-2022 collapse of cryptocurrency comes this novel about a forensic accountant whos hired to work a case involving electronic theft of cryptocurrency... Doctorows novels are always feasts for the imagination and the intellect, and this one is no exception: its jam-packed with cutting-edge ideas about cybersecurity and crypto, and its near-future world is lovingly detailed and completely believable. - BookListCory Doctorows fiction is a vector through which he offers incisive commentary on technology and society, and Red Team Blues is no exception. Through the eyes of a grizzled forensic accountant, were forced to question preconceived ideas around benevolent billionaires, honorable state authorities, and impenetrable security. Red Team Blues earns its spot in the top echelon of thriller novels that give you no choice but to devour them in one sitting, but leave you thinking long after you turn the last page. -- Molly White Promotional The second Marty Hench novel, a hard-charging, hard-fighting series about a forensic accountant whos well-versed in the devious ways of Fortune 500s, divorcing oligarchs, and international drug cartels, and not afraid to take them on. The Bezzle sees him make his most dangerous mistake yet: delving into the world of Californias Department of Corrections, which has become a lucrative playground for the states tycoons... Details ISBN1804547816 Author Cory Doctorow Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Series Red Team Year 2025 ISBN-13 9781804547816 Format Paperback Publication Date 2025-01-02 Imprint Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience General UK Release Date 2025-01-02 ISBN-10 1804547816 AU Release Date 2025-04-28 Pages 256 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:169158799;

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