Neither is John Veals, the odious hedge-fund manager created by Sebastian Faulks, who masterminds a cynical short-selling scheme that will make him millions but hasten the ruin of the Allied Royal Bank, a thinly disguised Royal Bank of Scotland.
OK, but could those artists try and find out about the crisis before they start writing? You know, get to grips with the idea that short selling is actually a good thing first?
Tim, I know people who work for investment banks who haven’t mastered this fact. What chance artists.