. >>> up next on booktv, "after words" with guest host, author nomi prins. this week this american life contributor jake halpern and his latest book "bad paper chasing dead from wall street to the underworld." it tells the story of a bank executive and a former bank robber going into business together to collect unpaid bank debts by often on questionable means. the program is about one hour. >> hello and welcome. i'm nomi prins here today with jake halpern, the author of the fascinating and horrifying new book speed "bad paper" chasing dead from wall street to the underground." this book is incredible and so there's your story. and i think that they really mirror each other. this takes place in buffalo new york and you are from there are and you? >> guest: my dad and his wife still live there and i go back fairly often. it's kind of how i find my way into this world. >> host: you talk about a particular and of many unsavory characters that are scrambling to make their own peace of the world and often have prison records and have been regulars and so forth. t

conversations] [inaudible conversations] up next on booktv "after words" with guest host author nomi prins. this week this american life contributor jake halpern in his latest book "bad paper" chasing debt from wall street to the underworld. it tells the story of a former bank executive and a former bank robber going into business together to collect unpaid bank debts by questionable means. the program is about an hour. >> host: hi and welcome. i'm nomi prins and i'm here today with jake halpern the author of a fascinating and horrifying new book "bad paper" chasing debt from wall street to the underworld. welcome. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: thank you. this book is incredible and so is your story. i think that to really mirror each other. it takes place in buffalo new york, a lot of it. you are from there, aren't you? >> guest: that's right. i grew up there and my dad and his wife still live there. i go back there fairly often and it's how i found my way into this world. >> host: you talk about many unsavory characters that are traveling to make their own peace of the world t

i'm nomi prins. i'm here today with jake halpern, the author of a fascinating and horrifying new book "ba "bad paper: chasing dt from wall street to the underworld." cheka, welcome. >> guest: thanks for having me. >> host: this book is incredible. and so was your story. i think the to really mirror each other. this takes place in buffalo, new york, a lot of it. you're from there, argue? >> guest: that's right. i grew up there. like that and his wife still live there. i go back there fairly often and so i find my way in this world. >> host: you talk about a particular, many unsavory characters that are scrambling to make their own peace of the world and often have prison records and have been drug dealers and so forth. there's a fellow named jimmy that comes out here that seems to be one of the main characters of this nonfiction story. to to talk to me about how you connected with him? >> guest: the way this got started was, i talked my mom years back and she told me she was hounded by debt collector.