The Greater Fool: A Novel

Reynard Xavier has made it: CEO of an award-winning Real Estate investment fund in London; enormously wealthy; an enviable professional reputation. But he’s also a narcissist, a drug addict, and an alcoholic, with a sordid sex life.

Reynard is focused on securing his legacy – an ambitious new development in central London – but meanwhile his fund is losing money, real estate prices are plunging, investors are fleeing, and his closest allies are distancing themselves from him. The collapse of Reynard’s business would be catastrophic for him and his investors – and for the taxpayer. Opportunities to save the business – and for personal redemption – present themselves, but will he make the right choices?

A cautionary tale of self-deception and hubris that is both entertaining and insightful, The Greater Fool follows Reynard’s dramatic fall from grace. This is accessible, contemporary fiction which provides a fascinating insight into the mind of a delusional member of the financial elite.

WARNING: CONTAINS SCENES OF A SEXUAL NATURE, MISOGYNY, DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE, AND BLASPHEMY.