Ambition
Here’s the set-up:
Having it all will never be enough for George Tazoli, an ambitious dealer on the trading floor of a prominent California bank. He is hand-picked for a special assignment to sell off bad loans, but not because he is dating the daughter of the bank’s president, rather for his skill at working the market. The promotion sends him to New York, putting a strain on his relationship, but then a scandalous discovery lures him into the gamble of a lifetime. George must gauge the risks — his direct superior is the bank’s president and his potential father-in-law, who is married to an heiress worth billions, all the more reason for George to vow his fidelity. Back at the bank’s headquarters, the president and his father, the chairman and grandfather of George’s L.A. girlfriend, are embroiled in a long-standing feud with another family of stockholders competing for control of the bank. The boardroom tension and ultimate showdown keeps everyone busy while George makes difficult choices that will teach him a lesson learned the hard way — even wealth has a price.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This financial thriller rocks and rolls with sex and ‘skull-druggery,’ and more money than Midas can count. It’s un-put-downable. Stephen Maitland-Lewis, a former New York investment banker, writes fiction about a leading commercial bank with an insider’s knowledge of embezzlement. Chilling.”
Kitty Kelley
America’s bestselling investigative biographer
“Ambition makes ‘Wall Street’ look like a Boy Scout Convention. At the end of this vividly graphic exploration of life at the top of the financial world, there is hardly a character left standing who has not been involved (as victim or perpetrator) in blackmail, betrayal or sexual excess. This is clearly a prime candidate for big screen film entertainment.”
Bill Bernstein
Former President of Orion Pictures Corp. and former Executive Vice President of Paramount Pictures Corp.
“Ambition creates the excitement of a free-fall — it’s difficult to look down or to put it down. Who said financial institutions were dull! A wonderful book and a great reading experience.”
Mickey Kantor
Former United States Trade Representative and Secretary of Commerce
“It’s about time we have one more great page turner. Stephen Maitland-Lewis steals the sins that caused the financial meltdown and weaves them into a fascinating mystery story.”
Richard J. Riordan
Former Mayor, City of Los Angeles
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