BD-Basiliensis

tome 6 the palace

série:	Polar/Erdman
éditeur:	Sphere books
auteur:	Erdman Paul E.
classement:	carton46
année:	1987
format:	broché
état:	TBE/N
valeur:	5 €
critère:	*
remarques:	English book this time a novel about corruption and fraud on the international gambling circuit >> p. 37 the silver business, a gambling busines but sure business like casinos >> p. 46 what life is really all about: is money making money >> p. 59 the buying of the "Raffles" casino, a gambling business, IRS = Internal Revenue Service = tax authorities >> p. 66 the difference between a merchant (private) bank and a commercial bank >> p. 80 the hotel's room near the elevator, just above the kitchen and with an immense ventilator tunnel at the window (probably not the best room in the hotel!) >> p. 105 the owner finds it difficult to get the ownership but why did the FBI not ask how Lehman has bought this casino? >> p. 125 not quite convincing this stealth operation >> p. 136 the name of the new casino renamed "the Palace" and rebuilt in old Roman fashion >> p. 142 the two best casinos (clubs) in London: a) the Crockford's (Carlton) and b) the Ambassadeurs (Hilton) >> p. 146 Chemmy = chemin de fer = baccarat = zero = the most exciting game in the world, the goal is to get closest to 9 points >> p. 155 Baden Baden, the true garden spot >> p. 160 the morality of gambling >> p. 163 an American gambler not at all impressed by the Baden Baden casino >> p. 165 next visit: Beyrouth, the casino of Liban >> p. 174 the French "cercles" (= clubs), the cercle Haussman and the cercle Concorde, both led by the Corsian mafia >> p. 181 a too easy elimination of a dangerous gangster >> p. 197 gambling = the third largest US industry >> p. 203 this introduction is too pompous mr Erdman >> p. 252 "Kurspflege" = act artificially on the share market (stock market) to push price up >>p. 302 the new speculation (thanks insider information) heading up to M+A (mergers and acquisitions), i.e. advising in advance prices that a company will pay for a hostile take-over >>> mr. Erdman goes now on pure gambling instead of financial gambling but he is abit off his shoes and the novel is not as attractive as the former ones, however the action is still of interest but not very credible despite an intense imagination
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