The Big Money presents "Every Day I Read the Book," featuring Daniel Gross. Dan's guest is Adam Haslett, author of Union Atlantic. Like many of the post-crisis narratives, Union Atlantic has as its main characters the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and aggressive, conflicted bankers. Unlike all the post-crisis narratives, Union Atlantic is a novel that delves into the hearts and minds of the protagonists—and those of their friends and families—as they cope with financial and emotional instability.

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