TY - BOOK AB - "A master of gritty naturalism, Theodore Dreiser explores the corruption of the American dream in The Financier. Frank Cowperwood, a fiercely ambitious businessman, emerges as the very embodiment of greed as he relentlessly seeks satisfaction in wealth, women, and power. As Cowperwood deals and double-deals, betrays and is in turn betrayed, his rise and fall comes to represent the American success story stripped down to brutal realities-- a struggle for spoils without conscience or pity."--P. [4] of cover. AU - Dreiser, Theodore, CN - PS3507.R55 CN - PS3507.R55 CY - New York : DA - 2008. ID - 466729 KW - Capitalists and financiers LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0822/2008028582.html LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008028582-b.html LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008028582-d.html N2 - "A master of gritty naturalism, Theodore Dreiser explores the corruption of the American dream in The Financier. Frank Cowperwood, a fiercely ambitious businessman, emerges as the very embodiment of greed as he relentlessly seeks satisfaction in wealth, women, and power. As Cowperwood deals and double-deals, betrays and is in turn betrayed, his rise and fall comes to represent the American success story stripped down to brutal realities-- a struggle for spoils without conscience or pity."--P. [4] of cover. PB - Penguin Books, PP - New York : PY - 2008. SN - 9780143105541 (pbk.) SN - 014310554X (pbk.) T1 - The financier / TI - The financier / UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0822/2008028582.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008028582-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0903/2008028582-d.html ER -