Walls of Silence: A Novel

By Philip Jolowicz

Book Overview

A crackling, character-driven business thriller, masterfully spun by a true-life legal titan of global finance, Walls of Silence follows a fast-rising lawyer through a treacherous international maze... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743428447
• ISBN13: 9780743428446
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Atria
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Dark, moody and refreshing

This book satisfied me on many levels. First, the author writes very well with certain passages and turns of phrase that had me reeling or saying: "I should remember this. It might come in handy."Second, the protagonist Fin Border is a pretty ordinary man but -- man, oh man -- the author gives him a devastatingly captivating internal voice. Fin talks and behaves like a boring gentleman lawyer (mostly) but his thoughts reveal a cunning intellect, a biting sarcasm, a self-effacing masochism and many levels of nihilism. It is so much fun, I usually *skip through the dialogue quickly* to get to the internal monologue! Well, you know what I mean.Third, The plot is convoluted enough and (most importantly) revealed slowly and carefully. No elaborate setups, no agonizing expository flashbacks. It keeps a great pace.Here's how I came to buy this book. I picked it up by change when I was waiting in line to pay. I read the first 3 pages. I was hooked. End of story. I went home and I told myself I lucked out.