Liar's Poker By Michael Lewis (Paperback, 2006)

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The original classic that revealed the truth about ambition greed & excess in London & Wall Street by the author of 1 bestsellers THE BIG SHORT & FLASH BOYSFrom mere trainee to lowly geek to triumphal Big Swinging Dick that was Michael Lewis's pell-mell progress through the dealing rooms of Salomon Brothers in New York & London during the heady mid-80s when they were probably the world's most powerful & profitable merchant bank Funny frightening breathless & heartless Liar's Poker is the original story of hysterical greed & excessive ambition one that is now more potent & enthralling than ever' If you thought Gordon Gekko of the Wall Street movie was an implausibly corrupt piece of fiction see how you like the real thing This rip-the-lid-off account of the bond-dealing brouhaha is the work of a real-life bond salesman' The Sunday Times' Wickedly funny' Daily Express' Hilarious' New York Times