Aifric Campbell
Auteur de The Semantics of Murder
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Crédit image: Courtesy of Serpent's Tail Press
Œuvres de Aifric Campbell
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- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Ireland
UK - Lieux de résidence
- Ireland
Sweden
UK - Professions
- investment banker (Morgan Stanley)
- Organisations
- Morgan Stanley (investment banker)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 4
- Membres
- 243
- Popularité
- #93,557
- Évaluation
- 3.1
- Critiques
- 15
- ISBN
- 19
- Langues
- 1
As the book progresses, we see her life falling apart. Her boyfriend left her ~ 6 months ago and she is still not over that. Felix wants her to move to Hong Kong. She is drinking too much and not sleeping, running on fumes, living on her past achievements and is on a slippery slope downwards. Things come to a head over the few days leading up to the 1st Gulf War, when she gets flown out to Hong King to meet Felix and understand his intention in relation to a specific stock, and a potential takeover. At which point Stephen reappears, takes advantage of her, and leaves again. It all gets very complicated on her return. In the final section we hear about Geri's upbringing, what has taken her to her current position.
At the end, Geri seems to be faced with a choice of planes to catch, to two different locations. One would be the continuation of her current life, the other would be a complete break from the past. I find myself hoping that she made a decision that made her happy for herself - I just can't decide which one it should be.… (plus d'informations)