{"product_id":"9783730987339","title":"Immoral Times","description":"The novel starts with an episode in the youth of three South African kids. Adrian McNeill, his younger brother Johnny and two other childhood friends are engaged in a prank.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrian is the leader and a fount of monkey tricks. His brother and friends warn him that his inconsiderate shenanigans will someday have dire consequences for him and his loved ones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrian ignores them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story moves forward approximately thirty years. During this time, Adrian has worked for government in Parliament as Legal Adviser.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA broken marriage and lovely daughter Zeta follows. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is introduced to Mr. Niedermeyer, a boat-builder who has a civil action against an unscrupulous partner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrian lives with the stunning psychologist Minette in Gauteng where he unsuccessfully practises law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNiedermeyer summons him to Cape Town to pursue the litigation against his erstwhile partner. This leads to a High Court case.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrian reacquaints himself with an old friend from his Parliament days and an angling cruise follows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey experience a hair raising and nearly fatal fishing trip.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrian next seeks out his Cape Town flame Alicia who wants Adrian back in her life. Her dad is an immensely rich shadowy figure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dishonest erstwhile business partner of his dad meets Adrian on the flight back to Johannesburg, and lures Adrian into the shadowy world of immoral international finance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir business partners experience a financial setback and vow to kill Adrian and everyone dear to him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrian’s brother, John hosts a party that culminates in a farewell lunch at the Bush Pub.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur friends are ambushed. The first part of the prediction against Adrian comes true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contract killer proves to be hired by one of the groups Adrian tried to do business with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrian and friends extract their revenge on the killer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur little group retreats to a bushveld farm where they try to get over the foul deed that Adrian has once again perpetrated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMinette and Alicia, get in contact with each other and surprisingly like each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrian and Minette relocate to Llandudno in Cape Town where the well-to-do Alicia lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrian mopes around and develops a passion for flying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrian’s friend Krish is a highly talented banker\/broker and suggests to Adrian that they perpetrate a gigantic fraud on a bank.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColin is Alicia’s father and a NIA double agent. He is involved with the Islamic Fundamentalist Freedom Fighters of the Cape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColin is murdered and Adrian and his brood find themselves in dire peril. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey decide to flee South Africa, especially as Krish’s swindle seems poised to cause a major upheaval in the international banking sector. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrian is left wondering whether Krish is a good or evil being.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdrian’s family, is now again exposed to danger in the idyllic Madeira.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill the childhood prediction come true and who will save him?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Nell was a Legal Adviser to Parliament from 1986 up to 2000.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is involved in private enterprise.","brand":"BookRix GmbH \u0026 Co. KG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139321676016,"sku":"9783730987339","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783730987339_p0.jpg?v=1763671547","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783730987339","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}