THE MONEYCHANGERS

by Arthur Hailey ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 14, 1975

Mr. Hailey, the institutional keypuncher of hotels and airports, won't do much for your pulse points this time but then he's working at a disadvantage. Banks, for all their velvet cordons and wall-to-wall carpeting, are not very exciting places -- certainly not the First Mercantile American even if it's up against many problems besides the ""syphilis of inflation."" Its fine old president has died and who will succeed him: forward-looking, intuitive Alex Vandervoort even if personally handicapped by an institutionalized wife (and a young liberated lawyer as a mistress); or yea-saying Roscoe Heyward who just goes along with the directors in their catastrophic investment in a shaky enterprise, not listening to Alex who is pushing a savings program expansion and stresses frugality in these times. On the side, there's an ancillary plot involving a vulnerable teller, Juanita, a missing six thousand in cash, and the fraudulent replication of Keycharge cards. . . . All quite dull even if the Hailey name assures the fact that this is as negotiable as any commercial paper -- so think clink.

Pub Date: March 14, 1975

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1975

Categories: FICTION