The Birth of the Financial Thriller

Making a Killing in the 1970s

Mikkel Krause Frantzen

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Edinburgh University Press
31 March 2025

Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Discover the untold story of the financial thriller, a genre pioneered by Canadian banker-turned-author Paul Erdman from a Swiss prison cell. Starting with the publication of The Billion Dollar Sure Thing in 1973, this book explores the genre's evolution as a popular and even vulgar genre of financialisation, characterised by volatile plots centred on currency speculation where the central mystery is money, not murder. By contextualising the rise of financial thrillers within the dramatic events of the 1970s, such as the abolition of the Bretton Woods system and the oil crises, this book illustrates how a genre found the world of finance during a particular historical moment, but also how the world of finance found its genre. This compelling narrative connects the past to our present financial landscape, making it essential for anyone interested in the intersection of economic, literary and cultural history.

By: Mikkel Krause Frantzen
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399516402
ISBN 10: 139951640X
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 31 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mikkel Krause Frantzen is Associate Professor at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. He is the author of several books, including Going Nowhere, Slow (2019), Klodens Fald (2021) and Slutspil (2024), and a literary critic at the Danish newspaper Politiken. He has been part of the research project ""Finance Fiction - Financialization and Culture in the Early 21st Century"", co-edited the book Finance Aesthetics - A Critical Glossary (Goldsmiths Press, 2024) and has written extensively on financialisation and financial fictions of the 1970s from Paul Erdman to William Gaddis.

Reviews for The Birth of the Financial Thriller: Making a Killing in the 1970s

A timely exploration of a curiously pedantic yet thrill-seeking genre which Mikkel Krause Frantzen aptly describes as finance's own dream-image.--Sianne Ngai, University of Chicago