Lewis: Liars ∗poker∗ – Rising Through The Wreckage On Wall Street - Couverture rigide

Lewis, Mm

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ISBN 10 : 0393027503 ISBN 13 : 9780393027501

Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 1990

Synopsis

Liar's Poker In this shrewd and wickedly funny book, Michael Lewis describes an astonishing era and his own rake's progress through the jungle of a powerful investment bank. In two short years he rose from trainee to a bond salesman who could turn over millions of dollars' worth of doubtful bonds with just one call. Full description

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

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

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Published for the first time in flipback - the new, portable, stylish format that's taken Europe by storm.

FUNNY, FRIGHTENING, BREATHLESS AND HEARTLESS, LIAR'S POKER IS A TALE OF HYSTERICAL GREED AND AMBITION SET IN AN OBSESSED, ENCLOSED WORLD.

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-1980s when they were probably the world's most powerful and profitable merchant bank.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: W. W. Norton & Company
• Date d'édition: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0393027503
• ISBN 13: 9780393027501
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256