When Croesus, one of the richest men in antiquity, asked Solon the Athenian to confirm that he (Croesus) was the happiest man in the world, Solon mentioned three men that were happier, and how their happines had no connection whatsoever with material wealth; wasn't a product of chance. (Croesus dismisses Solon but he remembers him later when, in a turn of luck, he loses his family and kingdom and is about to be executed).
The hero in Phil Henley's book stands, like Croesus, "on the pyre"; his end is near. He has immeasurable wealth but is he happy? One of the oldest questions. He traces back his extraordinary life, made possible by an extraordinary gift, which he exploited in morally questionable ways, and, as you expect, feels plenty of remorse, anger, guilt but no happiness.
The story itself is extraordinary and fascinating. We follow a young man from innocence to total corruption as he one by one sheds all moral defences and is consumed by greed. Would any of us have done something different? Would we have stopped? I doubt it. Humans are strange - so civilised and yet so animalistic.
A great book which I fully recommend.
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