This is the first act of a finished screenplay called The Washington Consensus. It's about two hitmen sent to a failing Mediterranean country by a shadowy organization that is perhaps not altogether dissimilar from the International Monetary Fund. Jonathan Rydell has helped to topple governments and drive entire populations into poverty and misery—and has been rewarded with Rolling Stone covers, honorary doctorates, and whispers of Nobel glory to come.  Danny Fiori just shoots people for money. A political thriller in the tradition of The Constant Gardener and The Bourne Identity, The Washington Consensus is a story as astonishing as today’s headlines and as explosive as tomorrow’s.