Dark Thoughts From the Middle Years. One morning in August 2007, William Leith wakes up and realises that something is wrong. He is not in a bed, but on an old mattress on the floor. He is in his office, he is alone and no longer lives with his little boy and the mother of his little boy. Mentally, he is at the end of his tether; physically he is fraying at the edges. Bits of him are falling apart, but then again so is everything else - the economy, the environment the very fabric of society. With his trademark humour, author William Leith attempts to answer the question: Is everything really...
Dark Thoughts From the Middle Years. One morning in August 2007, William Leith wakes up and realises that something is wrong. He is not in a bed, but ...
'Hugely enjoyable' - Observer 'Spectacular' - Aaron Brown, author of The Poker Face of Wall Street Some people can make money. Other people can't. It's a thought that makes William Leith wake up in a cold sweat. He doesn't know why it makes him feel anxious. After all, money isn't real. We created it. Humans did. It's our masterpiece. But the desire for it is killing us. It is this dilemma that sets William Leith off on an adventure into the bizarre, morally dubious, yet highly desirable world of the mega-rich. He spends a day with the real-life Wolf of Wall Street who,...
'Hugely enjoyable' - Observer 'Spectacular' - Aaron Brown, author of The Poker Face of Wall Street Some people can make money. Other people can'...