Boomerang by Michael Lewis - ISBN: 9780241955024
Paperback
Europe’s hilarious financial crisis: booms, busts, and exploding Range Rovers.

Boomerang

The Meltdown Tour

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    22 August 2012

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Summary

The laugh-out-loud tale of Europe in meltdown, from the phenomenal bestselling author.

Right now, Europe is in serious financial chaos. In Greece, infrastructure costs mean it would be cheaper to transport all Greek rail passengers by taxi, and hairdressing is classified as arduous for tax avoidance purposes. In Iceland, Range Rovers frequently explode as owners collect the insurance to pay for them. Ireland saw the entire country put up for sale - to itself, while the Germans expecte…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241955024
ISBN-10:0241955025
Author:Michael Lewis
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:22 August 2012
Weight:212g
Dimensions:197mm x 128mm x 18mm
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Critics Review

He is so good everyone else may as well pack up

Fascinating … the book could not be more timely … a sharp-edged narrative that leaves readers with a visceral understanding of the fiscal recklessness that lies behind today’s headlines – Michiko Kakutani * New York Times *Michael Lewis’s bravura journey through Europe’s economic underbelly brilliantly charts the consequences of a world plagued by debt … highly enjoyable … nicely politically incorrect, often very funny, and shot through with genuine insight – Robert Harris * Sunday Times *Brilliant … he has a novelist’s gift * Spectator, Books of the Year *Lewis’ investigation of bubbles across Europe is brilliantly, sadly hiliarious * GQ magazine *Caustically funny … urgent and chilling … a thought-provoking read – Ian Morris * Observer *Lewis is the finest storyteller of our generation – Malcolm GladwellHe is so good everyone else may as well pack up * Evening Standard *Michael Lewis meets some extraordinary characters in his excursion through the barely controlled madness that is modern finance … lucid, entertaining – Tony Barber * Financial Times *He writes with the wit and observational eye of a travel writer – Richard Fitzpatrick * Irish Examiner *He writes quite brilliantly and understands the complex financial matters whereof he speaks. As polemical prose goes, it is hard to beat – Howard Davies * Management Today *

About The Author

Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis’s global bestselling books lift the lid on the biggest stories of our times. They include Flash Boys, a game-changing expose of high-speed scamming; The Big Short, which was made into a hit Oscar-winning film; Moneyball, the story of a maverick outsider who beat the system; and Liar’s Poker, the book that defined the excesses of the 1980s. Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London School of Economics.

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