{"product_id":"9780241963852","title":"House of Cards: The Inside Story of the Fall of Custom House Capital","description":"12775B - \u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 2011, investors with Custom House Capital - some of whom had all their pension savings tied up with the investment house - faced a nightmare: the possibility that their money was gone, and that they wouldn't be getting it back. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinance journalist Niall Brady takes us behind the scenes for the first in-depth account of a disaster that has cost investors millions. He shows how clients' funds were mis-allocated to cover losses, how the Financial Regulator, though aware of irregularities at CHC for years, failed to forestall the crisis, and how it remains unclear, over a year after the scandal was uncovered, whether people will get their money back. His account of the strange culture and practices of CHC makes \u003ci\u003eHouse of Cards\u003c\/i\u003e a must-read for fans of \u003ci\u003eToo Big to Fail\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Big Short\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNiall Brady is a chartered accountant and a journalist with the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Damning ... Brady tells the tale of how the rogues still run rings around the protectors' Shane Ross, \u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eOne of the most shocking stories to have emerged in Ireland's economic bust' Cantillon, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eExcellent concise read. Great story' Tom Lyons, author of \u003ci\u003eThe FitzPatrick Tapes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182330659056,"sku":"9780241963852","price":2.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780241963852_p0.jpg?v=1763680640","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780241963852","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}