
Mergers & Acquisitions
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Narrated by:
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Kirby Heyborne
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By:
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Dana Vachon
Set against the backdrop of money, lust, power, corruption, cynicism, energy, and excitement that is Wall Street, Dana Vachon's debut is suffused with an authenticity that only an author who lives in that world can provide. With Mergers & Acquisitions, he delivers a stylish and hilarious tale of the lives and loves of well-to-do young Manhattanites in their first year on Wall Street.
Sharp, fast-paced, and bitingly witty, Mergers & Acquisitions is a compulsively listenable story of New York's young, ambitious, and wealthy that is destined to become one of the year's most buzzed-about debuts.
©2007 Dana Vachon (P)2007 Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., and Books on Tape. All rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
"Dana Vachon exposes the carnal and financial lusts of his generation's privileged and ambitious as few others have in recent years. And he knows his Ferragamos from his Dolce & Gabbanas, which is refreshing for a guy." (Candace Bushnell)
"I've always maintained that what we know as 'the 80s' never really ended, and Mergers & Acquisitions proves the point in spades. A Bright Lights, Big City for the generation born around the time that Bright Lights, Big City came out, Mergers & Acquisitions is a coming-of-age novel with a very nice balance of heartfelt insight and acid satire - including one of the funniest jerks I've ever encountered (in fiction)." (Kurt Andersen)
If you could sum up Mergers & Acquisitions in three words, what would they be?
captivating interesting sweetWhat was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
It should not end so soon, was hoping there would be more.What about Kirby Heyborne’s performance did you like?
Kirby was awesome. Sound like a real radio-play artist. Keeps the listener engaged.If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Not mergers and acquisitionsAny additional comments?
Overall a good story.Positives
Interesting account of the Ibank world (Liar's Poker-ish)
The active sequences were captivating
Negatives
Detailed description of parties and restaurant visits were a bit too much for me
Good Story
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View the title as meaning about relationships, rather than about finance (though the narrator is a fledgling investment banker).
Richard Thorn is a hoot. The section with the couple in the restaurant is memorable. So is the gala in the MOMA garden. So is the scene on Carlos Slim's yacht, followed by the encounter with "Jesus" the park ranger.
Get the idea? Its a satire, and worth a listen.
Its Satire, Folks
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It urns out to be a lame story of an investment banker.
Not recommended if you’re looking for a serious business book.
What a waste of credit!!!
Not what it seems
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Don't waste your time
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Waste of time and Money
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bad narrator and terrible book
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As shallow as his characters
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Stupid and unbelievable
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