BITING, BLACK HUMOR: This roman-a-clef is written with a biting satirical wit that harkens to Carl Hiassen and Elmore Leonard with dashes of Bret Easton Ellis. From late nights on the trading floor, to high end dinners, to Burning Man, the novel is nonstop train of biting, black humor. INSIDER'S TAKE ON BIRTH OF DERIVATIVE MARKET: The novelist is a former Lehman Brothers trader with extensive knowledge of finance, trading, and derivatives. The novel takes you into the dark and darkly humorous recesses of the international financial machine and global derivatives market. JETSETTING: From New York to Burning Man, Tokyo to Jakarta, and Kathmandu to Barbados, the novel hops from one incredible locale to the next.