The Contractor” explores the push and pull factors in modern investment banking. Greed is still ever-present, but it’s now concealed by a veil of political correctness and a pathological obsession to be seen to be doing the right thing, rather than actually doing it. Rainmakers and middle management fodder patrol the trading floors as much as the bars and bistros of Manhattan in search of their prey.

The story is told through the lens of The Contractor, both a victim and beneficiary of the madness on Wall Street as it seeks to make even more money in a ‘sustainable’ way. He has no direct control over his own destiny, but feels compelled to tough it out for fear of letting his family down.