{"id":4156,"date":"2019-03-08T12:25:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/?page_id=4156"},"modified":"2023-05-18T11:10:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T15:10:32","slug":"the-dead-celebrities-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/the-dead-celebrities-club\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dead Celebrities Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/DCC-4x6.jpg\" alt=\"The Dead Celebrities Club book cover\" class=\"wp-image-4317\" width=\"359\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/DCC-4x6.jpg 400w, https:\/\/susanswanonline.com\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/DCC-4x6-287x430.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3>Susan Swan&#8217;s latest novel is <em>The Dead Celebrities Club<\/em>.<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Loosely inspired by men in the financial markets like Bernie Madoff, Florian Homm, and Bruno Iksil, protagonist Dale Paul is a witty, self-absorbed rogue who gambles away other people&#8217;s money for his own enrichment. As long as this delusion is shared \u2013 the same delusion that makes it possible for predatory capitalism to succeed \u2013 Dale Paul and his friends are living out another Gilded Age. However, charm and boarding school connections aren\u2019t enough to save Dale Paul from jail time.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;\">While incarcerated, he has a choice: repair his fractured relationships with his family and become a new man or throw himself into another deadly, high-stakes scheme in an attempt to make himself rich again.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Publisher: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cormorantbooks.com\/the-dead-celebrities-club\">Cormorant Books<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Most of us are waiting for Trump to go to prison&#8230; And The Dead Celebrities Club could be a trailer for that movie.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2013Marni Jackson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cDale Paul is the archetypal anti-hero of our era &amp; Susan Swan compelling delivers his message.\u201d<br>\u2013 Jane Urquhart<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Dead-Celebrities-Club-Susan-Swan\/dp\/1770865446\">Get this at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapters.indigo.ca\/en-ca\/books\/the-dead-celebrities-club\/9781770865440-item.html\">Get this at Indigo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/anotherstory.ca\/item\/Sz_EzYizsPnnYaZ2blC1xw\">Get this at Another Story<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.munrobooks.com\/item\/Sz_EzYizsPnnYaZ2blC1xw\">Get This at Munro&#8217;s Books<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/ca\/en\/ebook\/the-dead-celebrities-club\">Get this at Kobo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Swan&#8217;s latest novel is The Dead Celebrities Club. Loosely inspired by men in the financial markets like Bernie Madoff, Florian Homm, and Bruno Iksil, protagonist Dale Paul is a witty, self-absorbed rogue who gambles away other people&#8217;s money for his own enrichment. 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