Dale Paul is a witty, self-absorbed rogue and the hedge fund whale. He enjoys a life of self-delusion that allows him to gamble other people’s money for his personal enrichment. When his biggest gamble — involving the pensions of the American military — fails, charm and boarding school connections aren’t enough to save Dale Paul from jail time for fraud. Confronted with nothing less than the challenge of understanding himself and his place in the age of the new robber-barons, 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, gambling this time on the lives and deaths of old, frail celebrities with his fellow inmates. Win or lose, Dale Paul goes through a sea change that may (or may not) make a new man of him. But will the enterprising gambler get caught in his own con?

SUSAN SWAN's fiction has been published in twenty countries and received numerous honours. Her first novel, The Biggest Modern Woman of the World (1983), was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award for fiction and the Smith’s Best First Novel Award, and is currently being made into a film. Her other books include the short story collection Stupid Boys are Good to Relax With (1996), the novel Last of the Golden Girls (1989), and The Wives of Bath (1993). The film adaptation of The Wives of Bath, called Lost and Delirious, has been released in 32 countries and was featured as a Premiere Selection at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. Her most recent novel, What Casanova Told Me (2001), was published to rave reviews. Susan Swan lives in Toronto, Ontario, and is an associate professor of Humanities at York University.

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“Dale Paul is the archetypal anti-hero of our era & Susan Swan compelling delivers his message.”

Jane Urquhart

"Susan Swan's new protagonist, Dale Paul, is a self-obsessed hedge fund guy with a poncy way of speaking and a penchant for playing fast and loose with other people's money. Yes, he's terrible but he's also a terrific character and the reason you will want to keep turning the pages on Swan's latest novel, The Dead Celebrities Club."

Post Media

"A must read for the dead pool generation."

Newz4U

"Susan Swan's salacious new novel, THE DEAD CELEBRITIES CLUB, is a tale of greed, hubris and fraud--and the fallout that follows. In other words, it's a financial fable worthy of the age."

The Globe and Mail

“Most of us are waiting for Trump to go to prison… And The Dead Celebrities Club could be a trailer for that movie.”

Marni Jackson

"Make no mistake: this is a very funny novel."