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Banker

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Description: When young investment banker Tim Ekaterin becomes involved in the cutthroat world of thoroughbred racing, he finds his life in business blown to smithereens. For suddenly the multimillion-dollar loan he arranges to finance the purchase of a champion racehorse is threatened by an apparent defect in the animal. Then as Tim desperately searches for answers, he falls headlong into a deadly deal of violence and murder.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1983]
Call number: 620241
Creator: Francis, Dick(Opens in new tab)
ISBN: 0330281992; 9780330281997
Dimensions: 18 cm
Associated people: Amis, Kingsley,; Amis, Kingsley,

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