By Ken Follett
An explosive novel of excessive finance and underworld villainy from the grand grasp of foreign motion and suspense.
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Cole was instantly skeptical. This was not the voice of a man who would have inside information on the love lives of the aristocracy. He said: "Good. " "Never mind about that. " "Well, he's making a fool of himself with a redhead. She must be twenty years younger than him. " Cole wrote it down. He was interested now. If a Minister's marriage had broken up, it would make a good story, not just a gossip item. " he said. "Calls herself an actress. Truth is, she's a brass. " The line went dead. Cole frowned.
He had bought up companies and started new enterprises, building an empire. The continuing success of the original business disguised the flimsiness of the superstructure for a long time. But when the printing complex weakened, Hamilton discovered that most of his other businesses were marginal; that he had underestimated the capital investment needed to nurse them to maturity; and that some of them were very long-term indeed. He sold forty-nine percent of his equity in each of the companies, then transferred his stock to a holding company and sold forty-nine percent of that.
It would have cost her considerable effort to inquire about the purpose of someone's existence. He sat on the edge of his bed and spoke to her back. " She applied lipstick, contorting her mouth to spread it evenly. " The response came formally, like a catechism. The conversation would have seemed dislocated to an eavesdropper, but they knew its logic. There was a code: the death of his father meant his assumption of control of the business; his ulcer meant his business problems. She said: "You haven't got ink in your veins.