To Claude's bafflement Paul still resists writing a new novel.

At the Bank of Torabundo trader Howie has worked out how to monetize failure but the market will have its say...

Paul Murray’s madcap novel of institutional folly - a stirring examination of the deceptions carried out in the names of art, love and commerce.

Read by Peter Serafinowicz.

Abridged by Sara Davies.

Producer: Jenny Thompson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2015. Show less