![]() ![]() The best moments ofThe Coffee Tradercreate a powerful sense of vertigo that's something like the vertigo of finance capitalism." -TheWashington Post Book World "Masterfully plotted, brilliantly imagined,The Coffee Traderbrims with intelligence, intrigue, and suspense. Liss's novels are ultimately about a central truth of capitalism, which is that the system is bigger and more powerful than anyone within it. He also has a historian's eye for detail, and he creates an Amsterdam that feels very much of its time. LITERATE THRILLER." -People "Liss fashions a wide-ranging, labyrinthine plot. ![]() writing is smooth and elegant-like a good cup of coffee." -The Boston Globe "STRONG BREW. ![]() Sometimes, as the book demonstrates with a nice twist, sincerity can be the greatest means of deception." -The New York Times Book Review " TRANSPORTING TALE OF FINANCIAL INTRIGUE. Liss keeps his story in graceful motion." -TheWall Street Journal "EXPERTLY PLOTTED AND EXCELLENTLY WRITTEN, and it has all the qualities readers want in novels-romance, mystery, suspense, betrayal and redemption, a feeling for how people lived in other times and places." -The Plain Dealer(Cleveland) "UNUSUAL AND DIVERTING. Despite the many characters and plot twists, Mr. ![]()
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