by Belloc · Cluster: Satirical Novel · Politics and Finance · Edwardian England
Abstract
A comic satirical novel tracking a hunted, many-named financier fleeing New York for Europe, shadowed by private detective agencies serving ‘Mighty Governments and still more mighty Banks.’ Belloc lampoons Edwardian high finance, the private-enquiry racket, sensational journalism, and the anonymous international money power behind respectable politics.
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Forms & Genres: Novel, Satire Themes & Concepts: Satire of Society, Money and Avarice, Capitalism, Deception, Power and Corruption, Secrecy and Concealment, Economics Motifs: Journey, Ship, Money and Gold, Concealment Hidden Identity, Letters and Writing, Sea and Voyage Settings: New York, America, Ship Archetypes: Trickster, Detective
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