{"product_id":"the-shell-collector-robert-lyons-9781912850907","title":"The Shell Collector","description":"\u003cp\u003e1973: the year of the oil crisis, the secondary banking collapse, the three day working week and the collapse of the stock market. In a riotous ride through the City of London we meet the characters and events that filled the social and City pages of the press in that roller-coaster year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuy Magnus, an ambitious young share dealer, makes a daring takeover bid in the face of opposition from the City Establishment. Will he follow their rules, or his own: never to fall in love with a deal? Will he come to repent his challenge to the powers-that-be? Is Guy's story fiction or fact? Was a Norfolk Broads canal boat really moored in the marina of Monte Carlo? Did a Henry Moore sculpture really become the most expensive work of art in the world? And did a bet for a lunch at Maxim's for the first to make a million, Guy or his friend and rival Harry Griffin, bring a merchant bank to the verge of collapse?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SHELL COLLECTOR tells a cautionary tale of the City when its buccaneering spirit was at a peak. Whether true or false, it is never less than entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Lyons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1912850907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912850907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Clink Street Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d","brand":"Robert Lyons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074129359103,"sku":"9781912850907","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17bab7e1-be45-4cec-9028-89d958385810.jpg?v=1685451957","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-shell-collector-robert-lyons-9781912850907","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}