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Ballad of a Tin Man
File:Ballad of a Tin Man Cover 2017.jpg
AuthorJohn D. Kuhns
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPost Hill Press
Publication date
September 12, 2017
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (softcover)
Pages118

Ballad of a Tin Man is a 2017 novel by John D. Kuhns. The book is based on actual events which took place during Kuhns’ career during the late 1980s.[1]

Plot summary

The book finds Jack Davis, the protagonist in this novel as well as Kuhns’s earlier novel China Fortunes, down-and-out. His investment banking business is going nowhere, and his girlfriend has kicked him out. Desperate for a deal, he gets an offer he can’t refuse from Dennis Costa, a business acquaintance from South Florida. Dennis’s company American Powerhouse is in the alternative energy business, something Jack knows all about. Dennis has a highly profitable renewable energy device, a perfect marketing pitch and an army of door-to-door salesmen—‘tin men’—selling hundreds of units, but the company is desperate for working capital. If Jack can help, Dennis will cut him in on half the business. Jack agrees, his name goes on the door and the company easily raises $20 million, but then he learns something Dennis neglected to tell him—the tin men are also selling cocaine.[4] It takes some heavy underworld characters, including Bruce Cutler and John Gotti, to get Jack out of this fix.

Background information

Ballad of a Tin Man was published in the United States by Post Hill Press on September 12, 2017(ISBN 9781976345616).

John D. Kuhns is an author, artist, businessman and investment banker, known for renewable and alternative energy investments around the world.[2]

References

  1. ^ "John D. Kuhns Spins A Tale Of Gambling It All On China". Jing Daily. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  2. ^ "A Highflier's One Final Gamble". New York Times Business. Retrieved 2014-01-02.