Liar's Poker: The Hilarious Inside Story of 1980s Wall Street - from the no 1 bestselling author of THE BIG SHORT
Autor Michael Lewisen Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 iun 2006
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
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0340839961
Pagini: 298
Ilustrații: n/a
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
Colecția Hodder Paperbacks
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
Read all about it: headlong greed, inarticulate obscenity, Animal House horseplay . . .
Immense verve and wit
A highly immoral book
Wickedly funny
As traders would say, this book is a buy
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
Descriere
The original classic that revealed the truth about ambition, greed and excess in London and Wall Street, by the author of #1 bestsellers THE BIG SHORT and FLASH BOYS.
From mere trainee to lowly geek, to triumphal Big Swinging Dick: that was Michael Lewis's pell-mell progress through the dealing rooms of Salomon Brothers in New York and London during the heady mid-80s when they were probably the world's most powerful and profitable merchant bank.
Funny, frightening, breathless and heartless, Liar's Poker is the original story of hysterical greed and excessive ambition, one that is now more potent and enthralling than ever.
'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
Notă biografică
Michael Lewis is a former banker who worked at Salomon 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.