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Book Discussion

"The Wealth of Shadows" by Graham Moore

2025-04-14 16:30:00 2025-04-14 17:30:00 America/New_York Book Discussion Duncan Falls/Philo Branch Library - Duncan Falls Meeting Room

Monday, April 14
4:30pm - 5:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-04-14 16:30:00 2025-04-14 17:30:00 America/New_York Book Discussion An ordinary man joins a secret mission to bring down the Nazi war machine by crashing their economy in this thrilling novel based on a true story. Duncan Falls/Philo Branch Library - Duncan Falls Meeting Room

Duncan Falls/Philo Branch Library

Duncan Falls Meeting Room

An ordinary man joins a secret mission to bring down the Nazi war machine by crashing their economy in this thrilling novel based on a true story.

The Wealth of Shadows by Graham Moore

Copies of this book will be available beginning March 10. Join us for an insightful discussion. Refreshments provided.

1939. Ansel Luxford has everything a person could want--a comfortable career, a brilliant spouse, a beautiful new baby. However, he is obsessed with the belief that Europe is on the precipice of a war that will grow to consume the world. The United States is officially proclaiming neutrality in any foreign conflict, but when Ansel is offered an opportunity to move to Washington, D.C., to join a clandestine project within the Treasury Department that is working to undermine Nazi Germany, he uproots his family overnight and takes on the challenge of a lifetime.

How can they defeat the enemy without firing a bullet?

To thwart the Nazis, Ansel and his team invent a powerful new theater of battle: economic warfare. Money is a dangerous weapon, and Ansel's efforts will plunge him into a world full of peril and deceit. He will crisscross the globe to broker backroom deals, undertake daring heists, and spar with titans of industry like J.P. Morgan and the century's greatest economic mind, Britain's John Maynard Keynes. When Ansel's wife takes a job with the FBI to hunt for spies within the government, the need for subterfuge extends to the home front. And Ansel discovers that he might be closer to those spies than he could ever imagine.

The Wealth of Shadows is a mind-expanding historical novel about the mysterious powers of money, the lies worth telling to defeat evil, and a hidden war that shaped the modern world.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Skill Building | Book Discussions |

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