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THE COFFEE TRADER From the Edgar Award-Winning author of A CONSPIRACY OF PAPER By Reviews"EXPERTLY PLOTTED AND EXCELLENTLY WRITTEN, and it has all the qualities readers want in novels - romance, mystery, suspense, betrayal and redemption, a feeling for how people lived in other times and places."
--- The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) "UNUSUAL AND DIVERTING . . . Sometimes, as the book demonstrates with a nice twist, sincerity can be the greatest means of deception." --- The New York Times Book Review "[A] TRANSPORTING TALE OF FINANCIAL INTRIGUE . . . [Liss's] writing is smooth and elegant - like a good cup of coffee." --- The Boston Globe "STRONG BREW . . . [A] LITERATE THRILLER." --- People "Liss fashions a wide-ranging, labyrinthine plot. . . . He also has a historian's eye for detail, and he creates an Amsterdam that feels very much of its time. . . . Liss's novels are ultimately about a central truth of capitalism, which is that the system is bigger and more powerful than anyone within it. . . . The best moments of The Coffee Trader create a powerful sense of vertigo that's something like the vertigo of finance capitalism." --- The Washington Post Book World "Masterfully plotted, brilliantly imagined, The Coffee Trader brims with intelligence, intrigue, and suspense. David Liss has written a riveting novel about commerce and faith, loyalty and greed." --- TOVA MIRVIS Author of The Ladies Auxiliary "David Liss has cornered a very narrow niche of the literary market - historical financial thrillers. And it must be said: He's quite good at it. . . . Lienzo's world comes to life in great (and frequently grimy) detail, and the workings of the Amsterdam bourse are eerily similar to modern commodities markets. . . . [The book is] more latte than espresso, and all the more enjoyable as a result." --- San Francisco Chronicle "The Coffee Trader is a very fine piece of historical fiction, and also a uniquely resonant one. . . . David Liss makes the foreign familiar as he immerses the reader in a bustling and intrigue-ridden past." --- The Denver Post DescriptionAmsterdam, 1659: On the world’s first commodities exchange, fortunes are won and lost in an instant. Miguel Lienzo, a sharp-witted trader in the city’s close-knit community of Portuguese Jews, knows this only too well. Once among the city’s most envied merchants, Miguel has suddenly lost everything. Now, impoverished and humiliated, living in his younger brother’s canal-flooded basement, Miguel must find a way to restore his wealth and reputation. Miguel enters into a partnership with a seductive Dutchwoman who offers him one last chance at success—a daring plot to corner the market of an astonishing new commodity called “coffee.” To succeed, Miguel must risk everything he values and face a powerful enemy who will stop at nothing to see him ruined. Miguel will learn that among Amsterdam’s ruthless businessmen, betrayal lurks everywhere, and even friends hide secret agendas. About the AuthorDAVID LISS is the author of A Conspiracy of Paper, winner of the 2000 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and A Spectacle of Corruption. He lives in San Antonio with his wife and daughter. Please Check out my other items! Shipping & Handling: Standard shipping to U.S. buyers is $3.95 via USPS Media Mail (Estimated delivery time according to USPS is about 2 - 9 business days). Priority Mail and Express Mail are available upon request for additional fees. International rates may be higher depending on destination. Please email questions. All books are padded securely in bubble wrap to prevent damage.
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