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Liar's Poker

By Michael Lewis
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Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis offers an insider's perspective on Wall Street in the 1980s, focusing on the rise of bond trading and the culture of greed and excess at Salomon Brothers. It provides a fascinating blend of autobiography and financial history, capturing the essence of the high-stakes environment and the eccentric personalities within the financial industry.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the high-stakes world of Wall Street during the 1980s and want a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the culture of investment banking. The author provides an engaging and humorous account of his personal experiences, offering insights into the financial industry's excesses and intricacies.

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The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker.

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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.

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Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis is widely praised for its humour and vivid storytelling. Critics have described it as both hilarious and profane, capturing the essence of Wall Street in the 1980s. Many see it as a defining work that encapsulates the financial culture of the era.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393338690

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 May 2010

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 211.0mm

Weight: 255g

Pages: 320

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Business & Entrepreneurship Education & Reference Finance & Investment Michael Lewis Non-Fiction

About the Author

Michael Lewis, the best-selling author of Liar's Poker, The Money Culture, The New New Thing, Moneyball, The Blind Side, Panic, Home Game, The Big Short, and Boomerang, among other works, lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife and three children.

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