Description
Michael Lewis was fresh out of Princeton and the London School of Economics when he landed a job at Salomon Brothers, one of Wall Streets 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. Liars Poker is the culmination of those heady, frenzied yearsa 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 Lewiss knowing and hilarious insiders account of an unprecedented era of greed, gluttony, and outrageous fortune.
Author: Michael Lewis
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 03/01/2010
Series: Norton Paperback
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.54w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780393338690
Language: English
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