The Whistleblower: The explosive thriller from Britain's top political journalist

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Set just before the global banking crash of 2008, this is a story of corruption and greed in the banking world. His portrayal of 1990’s London is fun and dripping with drink, drugs, private members clubs and an eye for designer clothes, while news junkies and political addicts will enjoy trying to put the real names to some of the characters.

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He readily admits that his characters are fictional , but also largely based on people he has met throughout his career. This is the first book by Robert Peston that I have red, I believe there is another book before this one The Whistleblower which has the same protagonist in it Gil Peck.Following Robert Peston’s successful debut into political fiction literature in 2021, with The Whistleblower, which is set in 1997, his new offering commences in August 2007 but still features reporter Gil Peck, who now works as business editor for the BBC. Though it is fiction, there are great similarities between characters in the book and real life personalities, which makes it all the more entertaining.

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So I had this very confusing experience of our own family, and then being surrounded by people who were not that far from the shtetl”. Things again turn personal for Gil when his on/off long time lover Marilyn is found dead in an apparent suicide – Marilyn was a director the Bank of England and had been involved with a potential Bank of England bail out and Gil is convinced that something untoward has happened to her.Robert Peston draws on his years of experience as a political, economics and business journalist to show us what has gone bad and gives us a manifesto to put at least some of it right. Some of the characters are real, but those that play an important part are also often versions of real people. Robert has sprinkled the story with descriptions of lavish parties and expensive designer wear that the banking world id famous for.

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This book is used on the financial and banking world and all the shenanigans and dealing that goes on within. Although there were all these behavioural things in his case that he never shook off — he could never bring himself to eat bacon or pork sausages, for example.

Elvis is a criminal who much prefers rock’n’roll to beating people up and who studies the dictionary to learn new words. Peston is, by training, an economist, and some of the hard-core economic analysis made my brains leak out of my ears. Soon Marilyn Krol, a director of the Bank of England, and on/off lover of Gil, is found hanged and Gill cannot accept the view of Assistant Met Commissioner, Kim Jansen, that it is suicide. In an age when news is readily accessible, Jewish News provides high-quality content free online and offline, removing any financial barriers to connecting people.

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I read this book from a pre-publication copy kindly supplied by the publisher, but this is an honest review with no concession to their generosity.And, together with long-time business journalist Steph McGovern, Peston has launched a podcast, ‘The Rest is Money’, part of the wildly successful Gary Lineker Goalhanger stable — including The Rest is Politics and The Rest is History. Of course, this is due to the extensive experience the author brings to the table on this subject since it was himself who broke numerous stories about Northern Rock and the subprime banking crash. I think Preston does a very fair job of analysing the reasons, and stating some hard truths: that we all-- liberal and conservative, left and right, religious and secular -- share the "blame" for the economic, cultural and political trends of the last 40 (+/-? Jess is the touchstone of humanity and good sense, providing balance against all of the madness and carnage. You can feel the pressure he is under, trying to get the next story, his mother's illness and then the death of Marilyn.