Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street

Lewis, Michael; Michael Lewis

ISBN 10: 0140143459 / ISBN 13: 9780140143454

Published by A Penguin Book/Penguin Books, New York, 1990

About this Item

249 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Seller Inventory # 1FislCb0003

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
• Publisher: A Penguin Book/Penguin Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140143459
• ISBN 13: 9780140143454
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Chip Kidd (Cover Design)
• Edition: Published in Penguin Books: 1990
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Memoirs, Literary Studies
  • Finance, Personal Finance, Savings
  • Business, Finance, Economics

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Synopsis

The author recounts his experiences on the lucrative Wall Street bond market of the 1980s, where young traders made millions quickly and easily, in a humorous account of greed and epic folly

About the Author

Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London School of Economics. He has written several books including the New York Times bestsellers Liar's Poker, widely considered the book that defined Wall Street during the 1980s, The Big Short, 'probably the single best piece of financial journalism ever written' (Reuters), the breakneck tour of Europe's post-crunch economy, Boomerang, and the bestselling exposé of high-speed financial scams, Flash Boys. He writes for Vanity Fair magazine.