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100 1 $aMountford, Peter,$d1976-
245 14 $aThe dismal science :$ba novel /$cPeter Mountford.
250 $aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 $aPortland, Oregon :$bTin House Books ;$aBerkeley, CA$bDistributed to the trade by Publishers Group West,$c2014.
300 $a275 pages ;$c20 cm
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520 $a"The Dismal Science tells of a middle-aged vice president at the World Bank, Vincenzo D'Orsi, who publicly quits his job over a seemingly minor argument with a colleague. A scandal inevitably ensues, and he systematically burns every bridge to his former life. After abandoning his career, Vincenzo, a recent widower, is at a complete loss as to what to do with himself. The story follows his efforts to rebuild his identity without a vocation or the company of his wife. An exploration of the fragile nature of identity, The Dismal Science reveals the terrifying speed with which a person's sense of self can be annihilated. It is at once a study of a man attempting to apply his reason to the muddle of life and a book about how that same ostensible rationality, and the mathematics of finance in particular, operates-with similarly dubious results-in our world."--$cProvided by publisher.
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