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Liar's Poker

From the author of the Big Short

Author: Michael Lewis   Series: Hodder Great Reads

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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

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Summary

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

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Description

From mere trainee to lowly geek, to triumphal Big Swinging Dick: that was Michael Lewis’ pell-mell progress through the dealing rooms of Salomon Brothers in New York and London during the heady mid-1980s when they were probably the world’s most powerful and profitable merchant bank.

A true-life Bonfire of the Vanities, funny, frightening, breathless and heartless, his is a tale of hysterical greed and ambition set in an obsessed, enclosed world.

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Critic 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”

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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About the Author

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.

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THE BOOK THAT REVEALED THE TRUTH ABOUT LONDON AND WALL STREET 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

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From mere trainee to lowly geek, to triumphal Big Swinging Dick: that was Michael Lewis' pell-mell progress through the dealing rooms of Salomon Brothers in New York and London during the heady mid-1980s when they were probably the world's most powerful and profitable merchant bank.A true-life Bonfire of the Vanities, funny, frightening, breathless and heartless, his is a tale of hysterical greed and ambition set in an obsessed, enclosed world.

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Product Details

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton | Hodder Paperback
Published
5th June 2006
Pages
304
ISBN
9780340839966

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11 Oct, 2023
It was a gift. I had read the book before.
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