{"product_id":"the-devils-casino-by-vicky-ward-9781118011492","title":"The Devil's Casino","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe inside story of what really happened at Lehman Brothers and why it failed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Devil's Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e, investigative writer and \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e contributing editor Vicky Ward takes readers inside Lehman's highly charged offices. What Ward uncovers is a much bigger story than Lehman losing at the risky game of collateralized debt obligations, swaps, and leverage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA can't put it down page turner that opens the world of Wall Street to view unlike any book since \u003cem\u003eBonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/em\u003e, except that \u003cem\u003eThe Devil's Casino\u003c\/em\u003e isn't fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDetails what went on behind-the-scenes the weekend Lehman Brothers failed, as well as inside Lehman during the twenty years preceding it\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDescribes the feudal culture that proved both Lehman's strength and its Achilles' heel\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWritten by Vicky Ward, one of today's most connected business and finance writers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn Wall Street, Lehman Brothers was cheekily known as \"the cat with nine lives.\" But as \u003cem\u003eThe Devil's Casino\u003c\/em\u003e documents, this cat pushed its luck too far and died—the victim of men and women blinded by arrogance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599400157420,"sku":"9781118011492","price":47.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8da10afeca24e9c2be41a1214338bcc1.jpg?v=1778023547","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-devils-casino-by-vicky-ward-9781118011492","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}