Paper Money: A Novel

Ken Follett

Oct 1987 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

An explosive novel of high finance and underworld villainy from Ken Follett, the grand master of international action and suspense.

Crime, high finances, and journalism are interconnected in this early thriller by the author of On Wings of Eagles and Lie Down With Lions. In one suspenseful, action-packed day, fortunes change hands as an ambitious young reporter scrambles to crack the story. A suicidal junior minister, an avaricious tycoon, and a seasoned criminal with his team of tough guys all play their parts in a scheme that moves "paper money" around at a dizzying pace.

Ratings and reviews

This book drug on a bit, jumping from character to character. The ending was bizzare, almost like the author was sick of writting so he just stopped writting and called it the end.. I would not recommend this book.

Despite its length it was more than enough to demonstrate the corruptness of the media. The best of stories cssn get the messege across in less than 300 pages. Again, Ken Follets writing does not fail to deliver.

Too short. Abrupt ending. So much more to tell.

About the author

Ken Follett is one of the world’s best-loved authors, selling more than 160 million copies of his thirty books. Follett’s first bestseller was Eye of the Needle, a spy story set in the Second World War. 

In 1989 The Pillars of the Earth was published, and has since become the author’s most successful novel. It reached number one on bestseller lists around the world and was an Oprah’s Book Club pick.
 
Its sequels, World Without End and A Column of Fire, proved equally popular, and the Kingsbridge series has sold 38 million copies worldwide.
 
Follett lives in Hertfordshire, England, with his wife Barbara. Between them they have five children, six grandchildren, and three Labradors.