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The Letter Writer.


The Letter Writer

Robert Mercer-Nairne

Gritpoul, Inc.

c/o Hurley Media LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
 

1477 Canyon Road, Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina
Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal.
, NM 87501

0974814105 $22.95 1-505-982-4006 www.hurleymedia.com

The Letter Writer by Robert Mercer-Nairne is a compelling satirical spoof See spoofing.

spoof - spoofing
 of those frantic get-rich-quick schemes and too-good-to-be-true financial intrigues that were to climax in the great stock market crash of 2000. In a prosperous Seattle suburb, an assemblage of ordinary and seemingly well-off individuals have the (mis)fortune to encounter a free copy of "The Rich Man's Investment Letter". They sign up for one of his Golden Cruises and entire the stock market ... just before the 2001 crash! At times scathing, witty, rollicking rol·lick·ing  
adj.
Carefree and high-spirited; boisterous: a rollicking celebration.



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 funny or all too serious, The Letter Writer is a compelling parable of greed, overreaching Exploiting a situation through Fraud or Unconscionable conduct. , vanity, and the human struggle to understand what truly matters in life ... when not diverted by material wants and needs. Although a work of fiction, The Letter Writer is strongly recommended reading for anyone taking "flyers" in stock market schemes in the hope of getting rich quick.
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