What is the author's tone in Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle by John Rolfe?

A single prevalent tone for Monkey Business is not intially clear. As one completes the reading, however, and reflects upon the value of the work to a variety of readers, there are several impressions of tone that bear consideration. First, one may view this book as satirical, a work that presents the investment banking industry as an absurd compilation of obsessive-compulsive, power-hungry, and often deviant personalities, willing to say and do whatever is necessary to clinch a "deal" and pick up a huge fee for doing so. Humor is spattered throughout the work as well, while Rolfe and Troob describe actual experiences bordering on the ridiculous, Rolfe's description of his day at the printer, during which a new prospectus is designed, is both hilarious and frightening, when one considers the excesses of food and drink and the obligations of the associate to ensure only that the correct font and spacing is in place. Despair and disillusionment are also quite evident, as both young men come to grips with the facts that they have compromised their very beings for the good of an institution which they do not value and which assigns no lasting value to them. Fortunately for both, the compromises are too great, and they leave to pursue much more personally rewarding endeavors. Finally, of course, there is personal redemption, as each young man finds balance in his life, and catharsis, as they collaborate to commit their experiences to posterity through their book.