Description
The Crash of ’79 is a 1976–1977 financial thriller by Paul E. Erdman, one of the earliest novelists to turn global economics, oil politics, and international banking into page‑turning fiction. Erdman wrote it after his real‑life experience running a Swiss bank and being jailed during its collapse — a background that directly shaped the novel’s realism.
Author: Paul E. Erdman
First Published: October 1, 1976 (Simon & Schuster hardcover)
Other Editions: Sphere paperback (1978), various reprints
Length: 350 pages
