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For readers of Percival Everett and viewers of Industry, a hotshot hedge fund employee must risk everything to save his job—and his life—in this timely and darkly funny thriller about race, power, and the corrupting influence of the almighty dollar.
Ali “Al” Jafar is a rising star at notorious hedge fund Prism Capital, but fortunes change fast on Wall Street. When his biggest investment goes up in smoke, Al loses $300 million—and his fragile sense of self-worth—in a single afternoon. He’s certain he’ll be fired, but Prism’s obscenely rich and politically connected founder isn’t that merciful. Instead, he gives Al an impossible ultimatum: recover the lost money in three months or become the fall guy for the government’s insider-trading investigation into the firm.
Depressed and desperate, Al turns to high finance’s dark side, where he battles back-stabbing coworkers and cutthroat competitors and digs himself into an even deeper hole. As the clock winds down, and the pressure mounts, Al’s mental health deteriorates. To survive, he’ll have to outfox one of the world’s most powerful men and decide if he values the dearest asset of all: himself.
Ali “Al” Jafar is a rising star at notorious hedge fund Prism Capital, but fortunes change fast on Wall Street. When his biggest investment goes up in smoke, Al loses $300 million—and his fragile sense of self-worth—in a single afternoon. He’s certain he’ll be fired, but Prism’s obscenely rich and politically connected founder isn’t that merciful. Instead, he gives Al an impossible ultimatum: recover the lost money in three months or become the fall guy for the government’s insider-trading investigation into the firm.
Depressed and desperate, Al turns to high finance’s dark side, where he battles back-stabbing coworkers and cutthroat competitors and digs himself into an even deeper hole. As the clock winds down, and the pressure mounts, Al’s mental health deteriorates. To survive, he’ll have to outfox one of the world’s most powerful men and decide if he values the dearest asset of all: himself.
Product Details
Publisher | Atria Books |
Publish Date | August 19, 2025 |
Pages | 320 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9781668076422 |
Dimensions | 228.6 X 152.4 X 21.0 mm | 515.3 g |
About the Author
Amran Gowani is a former Wall Street analyst who lives in Chicago with his wife and two children. He writes the cult favorite email newsletter Field Research. Leverage is his first novel. Learn more at AmranGowani.com.
Reviews
“Fast and funny, appalling and appalled, Leverage absolutely nails the rats-eating-each-other vibe of the post-Great-Recession, pre-Trump era. Al Jafar—who knows hedge funds like Ishmael knows whales, like Dante knows Hell—is among the most entertaining voices in recent fiction.”
—Martin Seay, author of The Mirror Thief
“I love a good Wall Street thriller, but I especially love one with this kind of depth and nuance – a keen and brilliant sense of the absurdity of it all. Amran is a sharp and funny, often surprisingly moving writer.”
—Catherine Baab, author of Poe for Your Problems: Uncommon Advice from History’s Least Likely Self-Help Guru
“Told in a dazzling, wildly assured narrative voice, Leverage is a by turns tense and hilarious thriller set against the backdrop of a financial crisis which doubles as a sly dissection of the exploitation and structural inequity buttressing that very system. Amran Gowani’s debut—part social satire, part tale of self-discovery, and part love letter to hip hop culture—announces the arrival of a writer to be reckoned with.”
—Elizabeth McCullough Keenan and Greg Wands, international bestselling authors of Trust Issues (Dutton, 2025)
“No one else is doing what Amran is. He’s smarter than funny people, funnier than smart people, and has more heart and edge than both.”
—Dennard Dayle, author of Everything Abridged and How to Dodge a Cannonball
“Leverage is a wild ride that is, at various turns, funny, dark, and heart-wrenching. This thriller will make you burn through the pages and revel in twist after twist. By the end, you’ll leave satisfied, entertained, and in possession of a far greater understanding of both the Wu-Tang Clan's discography and what can happen when capitalistic greed is stretched to its furthest extremes.”
—Andrew Boryga, author of Victim
—Martin Seay, author of The Mirror Thief
“I love a good Wall Street thriller, but I especially love one with this kind of depth and nuance – a keen and brilliant sense of the absurdity of it all. Amran is a sharp and funny, often surprisingly moving writer.”
—Catherine Baab, author of Poe for Your Problems: Uncommon Advice from History’s Least Likely Self-Help Guru
“Told in a dazzling, wildly assured narrative voice, Leverage is a by turns tense and hilarious thriller set against the backdrop of a financial crisis which doubles as a sly dissection of the exploitation and structural inequity buttressing that very system. Amran Gowani’s debut—part social satire, part tale of self-discovery, and part love letter to hip hop culture—announces the arrival of a writer to be reckoned with.”
—Elizabeth McCullough Keenan and Greg Wands, international bestselling authors of Trust Issues (Dutton, 2025)
“No one else is doing what Amran is. He’s smarter than funny people, funnier than smart people, and has more heart and edge than both.”
—Dennard Dayle, author of Everything Abridged and How to Dodge a Cannonball
“Leverage is a wild ride that is, at various turns, funny, dark, and heart-wrenching. This thriller will make you burn through the pages and revel in twist after twist. By the end, you’ll leave satisfied, entertained, and in possession of a far greater understanding of both the Wu-Tang Clan's discography and what can happen when capitalistic greed is stretched to its furthest extremes.”
—Andrew Boryga, author of Victim
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