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THE ROGUE TRADER
THE ROGUE TRADER
THE ROGUE TRADER
Meet Frank Cork, It’s 1929, and stock markets are churning out millionaires like tomcats siring kittens. Frank has made a killing . . . but things are about to take a turn for the worse.
GABRIELLA
THE ROGUE TRADER
THE ROGUE TRADER
On Black Tuesday, Frank watches from the trading pit as his fortune is wiped out. It wasn’t that Frank decided to go to the wheat fields that day; rather, it took him a thousand miles to get off the train.
WILL HOWARD
THE ROGUE TRADER
WILL HOWARD
Broke and flattened by shame, Frank holes up among hardscrabble settlers on the Canadian Prairies. The renowned trader made his fortune betting on grain. Now he's living in one.
Praise for Pitfall from Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly compares Pitfall to Trust, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction by Hernán Díaz. “The tension Kirk crafts between traders who make money off wheat and the actual farmers who grow it is layered and compelling." —BookLife Review, Publishers Weekly
CBC BOOKS NAMES Pitfall A TOP BOOK TO READ
In its BookLife review, Publishers Weekly compares Pitfall to Trust, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction by Hernán Díaz: “The tension [Kirk] crafts between traders who make money off wheat and the actual farmers who grow it is layered and compelling." —BookLife Review, Publishers Weekly
pitfall The only novel to make 'Ten Best Business Books of the year'
The prestigious American Wealth Management magazine names Pitfall to its list of Ten Best Business Books of 2025—the only novel to make the list! "I admired Pitfall’s attention to detail—it’s a fine novel." —John Kador, Contributing Editor, WealthManagment.com
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