Liar's Poker

Liar's PokerMichael 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

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."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 03/01/2010
ISBN: 9780393338690
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.54w x 0.76d