PEOPLE
The dilemma of arms dealing
By Ashlee Betteridge
deal may result in his death and the
The insider knowledge that deaths of thousands of others.
Balmain’s Joe Barrett gained while “While it’s a more male based
working as an international trade genre, at the heart of it is a really
lawyer provided the inspiration for human core about our conscience,
his first book. But a year long sabbat- which should appeal to a lot of peo-
ical from his job gave him the time ple,” Joe said.
to write it. While the work is fictional, Joe
The Western Banker, available said his time as lawyer in London
in bookstores from September, is a gave an insight in to the lives of the
political thriller about an arms deal mega rich.
in the Middle East gone wrong. “The billionaire types in the book
Joe said that the corruption in the are an amalgam of characters I met
World Bank and the lack of human- over the years in my job, and some of
ity shown by big business motivated the bankers are a bit of a caricature
him to write the story. of people I’ve crossed swords with,”
The book follows Alex Johnson, he said. Balmain writer Joe Barrett’s first book ‘The Western Banker’, which is set in
a young high-flying London bank- Joe spent seven months writing the shadowy world of international arms dealing, is in stores this month.
er who makes millions of pounds a the original manuscript, and then
deal. Alex becomes wealthier and another three months reworking it. meant that Joe was put in touch they don’t get the opportunity to do
tougher until he finds a nuclear He doesn’t have the typical writ- with Longueville Books, who were it,” Joe said.
weapon concealed in a cache of arms er’s struggle story of having his man- immediately interested in his work. Joe has sketched out an outline
destined for the Middle East. uscript rejected by publisher after “The overall experience was a for his next book, which he said will
For the first time, his conscience publisher. Balmain connections that very enjoyable process. Lots of peo- focus on the hijacking of the envi-
is challenged as he realises that this his wife made at a local playgroup ple talk about [writing a book] but ronmental agenda by big business.
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