The Financier · Character
Edward Strobik
A corrupt city councilman.
minor
Also known as Strobik, Edward, Ed
First appearance: ix
Edward Strobik shows up with force in XIV. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Strobik, president of council and a tool of Mollenhauer, helped get Stener elected and is involved in organizing dummy companies to profit from city contracts.
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In XIV: Strobik, president of council and a tool of Mollenhauer, helped get Stener elected and is involved in organizing dummy companies to profit from city contracts. Later, in Chapter XVI: Politician who proposes…
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- Other
Character groups
- Corrupt officials and associates
- Extended cast and background figures
- Minor family and clerks
- Cowperwood's inner circle
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Edward Strobik in ix