Liar's Poker :The Hilarious Inside Story of 1980s Wall Street - from the no 1 bestselling author of THE BIG SHORT
Liar's Poker :The Hilarious Inside Story of 1980s Wall Street - from the no 1 bestselling author of THE BIG SHORT
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5 June, 2006
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THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING TRUE STORY OF GREED AND OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE ON WALL STREET: A MODERN CLASSIC
'The funniest book on Wall Street I've ever read.' - Tom Wolfe
In 1986, before Michael Lewis became the bestselling author of The Big Short, Moneyball, and Flash Boys, he landed a job at Salomon Brothers, one of Wall Street's premier investment firms. During the next three years, Lewis rose from callow trainee to bond salesman, raking in millions for the firm and cashing in on a modern-day gold rush.
Liar's Poker is the culmination of those heady, frenzied years - a behind-the-scenes look at a unique and turbulent time in business. Funny, frightening and heartless, this is the original story of hysterical greed and ambition.
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ACCLAIM FOR LIAR'S POKER:
'So memorable and alive . . . one of those rare works that encapsulate and define an era.' Fortune
'If you thought Gordon Gekko of the Wall Street movie was an implausibly corrupt piece of fiction, see how you like the real thing. This rip-the-lid-off account of the bond-dealing brouhaha is the work of a real-life bond salesman.' The Sunday Times
'Wickedly funny' Daily Express
'Hilarious' New York Times
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780340839966 |
| ISBN10 | 0340839961 |
| Number Of Pages | 304 |
| Item Weight | 252 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 196 x 30 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
An amazing book, readable, funny and mind-boggling ... one of the great business books of all time * Punch *
Read all about it: headlong greed, inarticulate obscenity, Animal House horseplay . . . * The Sunday Times *
Immense verve and wit * 20/20 Magazine *
A highly immoral book * Daily Mail *
Wickedly funny * Daily Express *
As traders would say, this book is a buy * Financial Times *
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Author's Bio
Michael Lewis is a former banker who worked at Salamon Brothers in the height of Eighties boom. He writes regularly as a journalist and is the author of several books, including the international bestseller, LIAR'S POKER. Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London School of Economics. He has written several books including the international bestseller, Liar's Poker, widely considered the book that defined Wall Street during the 1980s. Lewis is contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and also writes for Vanity Fair and Portfolio magazine. He is married with three children.