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Also by Peter Mountford:

The Dismal Science, February 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
A Young Man's Guide To Late Capitalism, April 2011
Paperback / e-Book

The Dismal Science
Peter Mountford

Tin House Books
February 2014
On Sale: February 11, 2014
230 pages
ISBN: 1935639722
EAN: 9781935639725
Kindle: B00F21WVS6
Hardcover / e-Book
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Fiction

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.

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