Miguel Lienzo's thrilling flim-flam schemes in coffee bean speculation and Liss's insightful commentary on paper-tiger consortiums are rendered real and relevant.

David Liss makes the foreign familiar as he immerses the reader in a bustling and intrigue-ridden past.' -TheDenver Post 'A DOUBLE SHOT OF PROSE SPICED WITH CHARACTERS AND COMMODITIES AS ERRATIC AS THE DRINK ITSELF.The Coffee Traderpaints an evocative picture of Dutch life in the 1600s. more latte than espresso, and all the more enjoyable as a result.' -San Francisco Chronicle 'The Coffee Traderis a very fine piece of historical fiction, and also a uniquely resonant one. Lienzo's world comes to life in great (and frequently grimy) detail, and the workings of the Amsterdam bourse are eerily similar to modern commodities markets. And it must be said: He's quite good at it. David Liss has written a riveting novel about commerce and faith, loyalty and greed.' -TOVA MIRVIS Author ofThe Ladies Auxiliary 'David Liss has cornered a very narrow niche of the literary market-historical financial thrillers. The best moments ofThe Coffee Tradercreate a powerful sense of vertigo that's something like the vertigo of finance capitalism.' -TheWashington Post Book World 'Masterfully plotted, brilliantly imagined,The Coffee Traderbrims with intelligence, intrigue, and suspense. Liss's novels are ultimately about a central truth of capitalism, which is that the system is bigger and more powerful than anyone within it. He also has a historian's eye for detail, and he creates an Amsterdam that feels very much of its time. LITERATE THRILLER.' -People 'Liss fashions a wide-ranging, labyrinthine plot. writing is smooth and elegant-like a good cup of coffee.' -The Boston Globe 'STRONG BREW. Sometimes, as the book demonstrates with a nice twist, sincerity can be the greatest means of deception.' -The New York Times Book Review ' TRANSPORTING TALE OF FINANCIAL INTRIGUE. Liss keeps his story in graceful motion.' -TheWall Street Journal 'EXPERTLY PLOTTED AND EXCELLENTLY WRITTEN, and it has all the qualities readers want in novels-romance, mystery, suspense, betrayal and redemption, a feeling for how people lived in other times and places.' -The Plain Dealer(Cleveland) 'UNUSUAL AND DIVERTING. Despite the many characters and plot twists, Mr.

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