A country under siege. A high-stakes financial gamble to rescue it, and the men who risk all to make it succeed, or sabotage it.
Set in the turbulent economic and geopolitical landscape of the 1970s, The Shark Pond draws readers into the arcane world of international banking, currency markets, and high-stakes government decision-making.
In Paris, Antoine Lefort, a principled economist turned finance minister, struggles to stabilize a fragile economy amid political pressure and ideological obstacles. In New York, Maximilian “Maxi” Stanfield, a seasoned foreign exchange manager, thrives in the fast-moving world of global currency markets.
Connecting them is Robert Crafton, a ruthless, amoral, calculating banker whose ambitions extend far beyond profit.
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Claude Tygier was born and educated in France and settled in the United States in the 1960s, where he began his career in international banking. He rose through the ranks of foreign exchange trading and later led trading operations at major international banks in New York.