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Liar's Poker: From the author of the Big Short
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Liar's Poker: From the author of the Big Short
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Michael Lewis
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:304 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 128 |
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| Category/Genre | Banking |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780340839966
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| Classifications | Dewey:332.6322 |
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| Illustrations |
n/a
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Hodder & Stoughton
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| Imprint |
Hodder Paperback
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| Publication Date |
5 June 2006 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
From mere trainee to lowly geek, to triumphal Big Swinging Dick: that was Michael Lewis' 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. A true-life Bonfire of the Vanities, funny, frightening, breathless and heartless, his is a tale of hysterical greed and ambition set in an obsessed, enclosed world.
Author Biography
Michael Lewis is a former banker who worked at Salomon Brothers in the height of Eighties boom. He writes regularly as a journalist and is the author of several books, including the international bestseller, LIAR S POKER.
Reviews'An amazing book, readable, funny and mind-boggling ... one of the great business books of all time' -- Punch 'Read all about it: headlong greed, inarticulate obscenity, Animal House horseplay ...' -- The Sunday Times 'Immense verve and wit' -- 20/20 Magazine 'A highly immoral book' -- Daily Mail 'Wickedly funny' -- Daily Express 'As traders would say, this book is a buy' -- Financial Times
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