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A hedge fund trading on fear lies at the heart of Robert Harris's new thriller. Review by John Gapper. September 23 2011. Print this page. The financial world This item:The Fear Index by Robert Harris Paperback $13.27 Review. “A pulse- pounding tale.” —New York Post “Robert Harris is at the top of his game. 2 Apr 2012 A review, and links to other information about and reviews of The Fear Index by Robert Harris. Review. "The Fear Index could scarcely be more of the moment" (The Times) "I would recommend The Fear Index, the new novel by Robert Harris that delves

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About The Fear Index. High tech finance and sophisticated computer programming combine in this terrifying and fiendishly smart new novel from Robert Harris. Dr. Alex Hoffmann stays out of the public spotlight, but within the secretive inner circles of the ultra-rich he is a legend.

“The Fear Index,” the latest novel by Robert Harris, gives a clue in the epigraph that opens the first chapter. It’s a line from Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”: “Learn from me, if not by my Christopher Reich Reviews The Fear Index Is there a genre of fiction that Robert Harris has not mastered? His first novel, Fatherland , set in a triumphant Germany’s post-World War II Berlin (yes, triumphant!) ranks as one of the finest “what if?” stories ever written. The title of Robert Harris’s new thriller, “The Fear Index,” comes from the volatility index, or VIX — also known as the “fear index” — which measures expectations of violent swings in the market, The late Michael Crichton did this kind of story well. In The Fear Index, Robert Harris does it fantastically.” —Christopher Reich, bestselling author of Rules of Betrayal “Like the best novels of this genre, it offers something to chew on—and it’s entertaining.” —The Washington Times While that power is most often political – the fall of a charismatic former prime minister in The Ghost, Chamberlain’s struggle for peace in Munich, the failure of the Roman republic in his

30 Sep 2011 The Fear Index by Robert Harris – review. Robert Harris's ingenious financial thriller is gripping. Mark Lawson. Fri 30 Sep 2011 17.55 EDT First

Paul Greengrass To Direct 'The Fear Index,' From 'Ghost Writer' Author Robert Harris. Nick Newman○ August 24, 2011. The past year or so has been a tough Crucially to both the plot and Harris's broader theme, this dealer-machine, called VIXAL-4, feeds on fear, anticipating flights from stock before flesh-and-blood brokers make them. The Fear Index by Robert Harris is an excellent and all too believable financial thriller brilliantly conceived, well written and intelligently executed. The fear of failure or success pervades every page of The Fear Index by Robert Harris who brings the world of Hedge Funds and computer wizardry vividly to life for those of us who lurk in the amateur world of indifference. The Fear Index by Robert Harris – review The hero of The Fear Index is a brilliant physicist called Dr Alex Hoffman. Frustrated by a thankless research job at Cern's Large Hadron Collider

“The Fear Index,” the latest novel by Robert Harris, gives a clue in the epigraph that opens the first chapter. It’s a line from Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”: “Learn from me, if not by my