NewsWeek – As Democrats and Republicans haggle over the final shape of financial reform, there’s one villain both sides agree on: hedge funds. But are they really as bad as we’ve all heard? A new book takes the first steps toward putting a human face on the funds. In a series of interviews with Keith Gessen, editor of n+1 magazine, the anonymous hedge-fund manager—HFM for short—explained his work and the crash to a layperson, offering his critiques of Wall Street, politicians, and himself.