{"product_id":"the-accounting","title":"The Accounting","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Bruce Marshall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fraud has been committed!\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOr so, at least, do the directors of Shinto and Dunsmuir’s British and Overseas Banking Corporation have “every reason to believe.” Their belief turns the ordinarily routine event of the annual audit of financial accounts into a tense, even dangerous, investigation for the staff of Cloudridge, Parkinson, Talisman, Steeple and Co. Set in 1930s Paris, against the backdrop of the actual “Stavisky Affair,” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Accounting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows this group of overtaxed auditors, prisoners of their own discontent, as they navigate an immense and intricate maze of actuarial and personal mistakes and corrections, all in hot pursuit of fraud and fraudster—seeing in the possibility of success a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for proper self-advancement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eAn auditor, we know, is a watchdog and not a bloodhound, but a chartered accountant who fails to find a fraud when he has been tipped off about it is like a soldier who neglects to destroy his enemy on the field of battle.\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaking a minor thematic departure from his more consciously religious fiction, Marshall still surrounds this cost-counting drama and its characters with a tangible quality of authenticity and solicitude. First appearing in 1958, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Accounting\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis a characteristically clever and witty entry in Marshall’s ledger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBruce Marshall \u003c\/b\u003e(1899–1987) was a Scottish writer, accountant, veteran of both World Wars, and convert to Roman Catholicism. In a career spanning six decades, Marshall wrote forty novels, five of which will feature in the Cluny Classics series: \u003ci\u003eFather Malachy’s Miracle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Month of the Falling Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Accounting\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVespers in Vienna\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Thread of Scarlet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 334pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 978-1685950880\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100034654575,"sku":"978-1685950880","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--64813.jpg?v=1781124751","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-accounting","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}