Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-477) and index.

Twice blessed -- Discovery. "Who will show me the way in the world?" ; "I respectfully decline to answer the question" ; A family affair ; Drama at ITT ; Birdie trades ; Promises to keep ; The Good Ship Galleon -- Rising. No ask backs ; "The Tamil Tiger" of Wall Street ; Up or out at McKinsey ; The camera never lies ; The corner office ; Raj's edge ; Building Offshore-istan ; Partying and Polycom ; Playing for Team USA ; The Wharton Mafia ; Reeling in Roomy -- Falling. Moonlighting at McKinsey ; A Vanaprastha on the Hudson ; The dishonorable Dosco ; On the new Silk route ; The million-dollar man ; "You've gotta be a hustler" ; The richest maid in Silicon Valley ; The Wire ; "I played him like a finely tuned piano" ; A friend on the board ; A tragic call ; "Buy Goldman Sachs, buy Goldman Sachs" ; Trading at the Setai ; Handcuffs for breakfast -- Trials. "Why is it so quiet around here?" ; "He's a bad man" ; The Gupta file ; Kumar sings ; An unhappy Diwali ; Et tu, Kumar? ; A family secret.

Depicts the collapse of a multi-billion dollar South Asian hedge fund due to insider trading and describes the case brought against them by the son of Indian immigrants who went up against the corporation's founder.