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" DIRTY, GREATLY ORIGINAL, AND VERY HARD TO STOP READING . " - JONATHAN FRANZEN Bobby Clark is just sixteen when he drops out of school to follow his big brother Jim into the jewelry business. Bobby idolizes Jim. And from the moment he steps off the plane from Canada, he's in awe of Jim's girlfriend, Lisa, the best saleswoman at Fort Worth de Luxe. What follows is the story of a young man's education in two of the oldest human passions, love and money. Through a dark, sharp lens,...
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" DIRTY, GREATLY ORIGINAL, AND VERY HARD TO STOP READING . " - JONATHAN FRANZEN Bobby Clark is just sixteen when he drops out of school to follow his big brother Jim into the jewelry business. Bobby idolizes Jim. And from the moment he steps off the plane from Canada, he's in awe of Jim's girlfriend, Lisa, the best saleswoman at Fort Worth de Luxe. What follows is the story of a young man's education in two of the oldest human passions, love and money. Through a dark, sharp lens, Clancy Martin captures the luxury business in all its exquisite vulgarity and outrageous fraud, finding in it a metaphor for the American soul at work. " DIRTY, GREATLY ORIGINAL, AND VERY HARD TO STOP READING . " - JONATHAN FRANZEN Bobby Clark is just sixteen when he drops out of school to follow his big brother Jim into the jewelry business. Bobby idolizes Jim. And from the moment he steps off the plane from Canada, he's in awe of Jim's girlfriend, Lisa, the best saleswoman at Fort Worth de Luxe. What follows is the story of a young man's education in two of the oldest human passions, love and money. Through a dark, sharp lens, Clancy Martin captures the luxury business in all its exquisite vulgarity and outrageous fraud, finding in it a metaphor for the American soul at work.