Turney Duff could be the poster boy for people who hate Wall Street, confirming their worst fears about traders and their fast-lane lives.

His first book, “The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader’s Tale of Spectacular Excess,” is a memoir about Duff’s evolution from ordinary guy raised in Kennebunk, Maine, into a wheeling, dealing hedge fund trader, awash in money and cocaine. Full story for BostonGlobe.com subscribers.

Megan Woolhouse covers economic issues for The Boston Globe. She can be reached at mwoolhouse@globe.com.

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