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

Michael Lewis

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Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
Rank: 916
As described by Lewis, liar's poker is a game played in idle moments by workers on Wall Street, the objective of which is to reward trickery and deceit.

With this as a metaphor, Lewis describes his four years with the Wall Street firm Salomon Brothers, from his bizarre hiring through the training program to his years as a successful bond trader.

Lewis illustrates how economic decisions made at the national level changed securities markets and made bonds the most lucrative game on the Street.

His description of the firm's personalities and of the events from 1984 through the crash of October 1987 are vivid and memorable.

Readers of Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities ( LJ 11/15/87) are likely to enjoy this personal memoir. BOMC and Fortune Book Club selection.
- Joseph Barth, U.S.

Military Acad . Lib., West Point, N.Y.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
Michael Lewis
 A well written and extremely funny book
(Mountain View, CA United States) September 14, 2002 - 5.0/5 stars
I could not put the book down once I started reading it. The books is extremely funny and very well written. If you like this book, you might like Mokey Business by John Rolfe and Peter Troob. Looking into the state... read full review
 Remember the Savings & Loans debacle?
(Tokyo, Japan) May 27, 2004 - 4.0/5 stars
This is the author's coming of age story, set in the world of investment banking in the 1980s. As a growth and wisdom book, it's pretty good, but it's really a non-fiction version of Tom Wolf's Bonfire of the Vanities... read full review
 Liar's Poker
(United States) October 14, 2003 - 4.0/5 stars
This book is hilarious. You don't need to have a Wall Street or business background to enjoy it. Think of the movie "Wall Street" if it had been a comedy instead of a drama. Michael Lewis relates his personal experiences with wicked humor mixed with thoughtful insight.



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