A beautiful narrative, so well-written. You've got to get this

- Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

Dazzling... guaranteed to make blood boil... riveting

- Janet Maslin, The New York Times

Enthralling

- John Naughton, Observer

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Michael Lewis knows how to tell a story

Vanity Fair

This book has the potential to spark a cultural uprising . . . More than five years on from the Lehman collapse, Lewis has lit the touch paper on the mother of all debates about Wall Street and global finance

- Liam Halligan, Spectator

Compelling, a great yarn from beginning to end

- Daniel Finkelstein, The Times

When the stories of our times are told, there will be no more seminal documents than the books of Michael Lewis

Guardian

Who knew high-frequency trading was such a sexy subject?

Bloomberg Business Week

Michael Lewis is one of the premier chroniclers of our age

Huffington Post

Michael Lewis is a genius, and his book will give high-frequency trading a much-needed turn under the microscope

- Kevin Roose, New York Magazine

'The greatest story of our age ... Be very afraid' John Arlidge, Sunday Times

Michael Lewis's epic bestseller tells the outrageous story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistleblowers who tried to stop them. It's hilarious, terrifying and it's all true.

'Thrilling, a masterclass' Robert McCrum, Observer, Books of the Year

'Jaw-dropping, astonishing ... Lewis has lit the touch paper' Liam Halligan, Spectator

'The kind of writer who creates his own weather system' John Lanchester, London Review of Books

'I read Michael Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. I'll never play like that. But it's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like' Malcolm Gladwell

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Tells the story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistle blowers who tried to stop them.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780141981031
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Penguin Books Ltd
Vekt
240 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Michael Lewis's global bestselling books lift the lid on the biggest stories of our times. They include Flash Boys, a game-changing exposé of high-speed scamming; The Big Short, which was made into a hit Oscar-winning film; Moneyball, the story of a maverick outsider who beat the system; and Liar's Poker, the book that defined the excesses of the 1980s. Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London School of Economics.