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What web links the Investment Loan provider of Torabundo, www.myhotswaitress.com (yes, with an s, don't ask), a skill heist, a novel called For the Love of your Clown, a six-year-old youngster with the regrettable name of Remington Steele, a depressed French banker, a little Pacific island, and a pest control business run by an ex-KGB agent? The Symbol and the Void is Paul Murray's madcap new novel of institutional folly, following the success of his wildly original breakout hit, Skippy Dies. While marooned at his bank job in the bewilderingly damp and insular realm known as Ireland, Claude Martingale is contacted by a down-on-his-luck publisher, Paul, looking for his next great subject matter. Claude detects that his life gets continuously more enjoyable under Paul's fictionalizing impact; he even comes deeply in love with a lovely waitress. But Paul's plan is not what it appears - and neither is Claude's employer, the Investment Loan provider of Torabundo, which swells through dodgy takeovers and derivatives trading until - well, you can probably guess how that shakes out. The Symbol and the Void is the funniest novel ever written about the recent financial crisis and a stirring study of the deceptions completed in the titles of fine art and commerce.
