UNA NOVELA

I just finished the novel A Young Man's Guide to Late Capitalism by Peter Mountford.  It takes place mostly in Bolivia just before and after Evo Morales was elected President.

Evo Morales

The protagonist is an American working in Bolivia for a hedge fund.  Oddly enough, I just met my first hedge fund employee here in Mexico.  A female and from London, but otherwise similar, superficially anyway, to the protagonist.  Apparently youth is one of the qualifications for the job:  it's a stressful, high-octane life, and most burn out pretty quickly or simply get fired.  And then there's their role in recent economic events in the US, as captured damningly in the n+1 series "Confessions of a Hedge Fund Manager."

I highly recommend the book.