Liar's Poker
Author(s): Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis was fresh out of Princeton and the London School of Economics when 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 American business. From the frat-boy camaraderie of the forty-first-floor trading room to the killer instinct that made ambitious young men gamble everything on a high-stakes game of bluffing and deception, here is Michael Lewis s knowing and hilarious insider s account of an unprecedented era of greed, gluttony, and outrageous fortune.
Product Information
The funniest book on Wall Street I ve ever read. --Tom Wolfe
General Fields
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- : W. W. Norton & Company Limited
- : W. W. Norton & Company Limited
- : 0.25
- : 01 May 2010
- : 209mm X 144mm X 20mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : 310
- : Paperback
- : Michael Lewis