THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING TRUE STORY OF GREED AND
OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE ON WALL STREET: A MODERN CLASSIC
'The funniest book on Wall Street I've ever read.'
- Tom Wolfe
In 1986, before Michael Lewis became the bestselling author
of The Big Short, Moneyball, and Flash Boys,
he landed a job at Salomon Brothers, one of Wall Street's premier investment
firms. During the next three years, Lewis rose from callow trainee to bond
salesman, raking in millions for the firm and cashing in on a modern-day gold
rush.
Liar's Poker is the culmination of those heady,
frenzied years - a behind-the-scenes look at a unique and turbulent time in
business. Funny, frightening and heartless, this is the original story of
hysterical greed and ambition.
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ACCLAIM FOR LIAR'S POKER:
'So memorable and alive . . . one of those rare works
that encapsulate and define an era.' Fortune
'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
About the Author
Michael Lewis is a former banker who worked at
Salamon 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.
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 international bestseller, Liar's Poker, widely
considered the book that defined Wall Street during the 1980s. Lewis is
contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and also writes for Vanity
Fair and Portfolio magazine. He is married with three children.
