Back from the BrinkIn the summer of late 2007, shares of Northern Rock went into free fall causing a run on the bankthe first since the Great Depression. Northern Rock was only the first: in the ensuing months, Alistair Darling stood firm in the eye of this perfect storm. All over the world, financial institutions thought 'too big to fail' were falling prey to the lethal toxicity of the US sub prime mortgage market. Back from the Brink tells the gripping story of one