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Confessions of a Wall Street Shoeshine Boy.(Brief article)(Book review)

The New Yorker

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This debut novel views corruption at Wall Street's highest levels through the eyes of two outsiders. Gil, who immigrated to New York from Sao Paulo as a child and retains a Portuguese-flavored grammar, overhears tales of life on the trading floor while shining some of the nicest shoes in business. He absorbs the particulars of a world where jockeying banter about sex, drugs, and push-up contests is interspersed ...

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