Mergers and Acquisitions

Dana Vachon has been touted as this generation's Jay McInerney, but the comparisons run true on the most superficial level. Yes, it is fiction that tells the story of the affluent, indulgent and decadent lifestyles of the contemporary American with dry wit and malaise. But that is where the similari......more

Not quite what I expected, but nevertheless a somewhat entertaining book. It read more like a biography made up of inter-linking story lines that really didn't end up anywhere. I was a little disappointed with the ending, it seemed to finish quite odd and not really resolving anything at all. From the......more

The ending didn't really make sense to me and I was left feeling like I wasted my afternoon reading this. I wasn't sure how I was supposed to feel about the characters. I found it difficult to respect Tommy as he was absolutely incompetent an investment banker and made no genuine effort to learn. It......more

I really am at the mercy of the paltry Price Park library audiobook section. I think I have listened to all the good ones, so now I'm reduced to books such as this which touts "a hilarious romp through the dizzying world of NY investment banking" or some such drivel. The premise seems to be - NY inv......more

Although basically soap opera for the Ivy League Wall Street crowd, I found Vachon's writing definitely very entertaining, rather hip and satirical. It's always fun to read about young Wall Street types, and that the author has been there lends the book some authority and credibility. The culminatio......more