Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin - ISBN: 9780141043166
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Masters of the universe brought the world to its knees.

Too Big to Fail

Inside the Battle to Save Wall Street

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    640 pages

  • Release Date

    31 January 2011

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Summary

‘Too good to put down … It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in 80 years, and it is told brilliantly’ - Economist

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2010

They were masters of the financial universe, flying in private jets and raking in billions. They thought they were too big to fail. Yet they would bring the world to its knees.

Andrew Ross Sorkin, the news-breaking New York Times journalist, delivers th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141043166
ISBN-10:0141043164
Author:Andrew Ross Sorkin
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:640
Release Date:31 January 2011
Weight:459g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 29mm
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Critics Review

He has done a remarkable job in producing a lively account that will be hard for subsequent authors to beat

He has done a remarkable job in producing a lively account that will be hard for subsequent authors to beat * Gillian Tett, FT *
As close to a definitive account as we are likely to get * Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times *
Andrew Ross Sorkin has written a fascinating, scene-by-scene saga of the eyeless trying to march the clueless through Great Depression II * Tom Wolfe *
Andrew Ross Sorkin pens what may be the definitive history of the banking crisis * The Atlantic Monthly *
Sorkin has succeeded in writing the book of the crisis, with amazing levels of detail and access * Reuters *
Too good to put down … It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in 80 years, and it is told brilliantly … It is hard to imagine them being this riveting * Economist *
Sorkin can write. His storytelling makes Liar’s Poker look like a children’s book * SNL Financial *
The most readable and exciting report of the events surrounding the Lehman collapse that we have seen … impeccably sourced * Edmund Conway, Daily Telegraph *
The sense of being in the meeting rooms as hitherto all-conquering alpha male egos fight for their reputations, as their and our world judders, is palpable * Chris Blackhurst, Evening Standard *
Surpassed its rivals with its depth, range of reporting and high quality analysis * Stefan Stern, FT *

About The Author

Andrew Ross Sorkin

Andrew Ross Sorkin is the author of Too Big to Fail, which won the Gerald Loeb Award for Best Business Book, and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award. Sorkin is a long-time journalist at The New York Times, the creator of DealBook, co-creator of the TV drama Billions, and a television co-presenter for CNBC’s Squawk Box.

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