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Liar's Poker (25th Anniversary Edition): Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street

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Book Synopsis: The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar's Poker. Before there was Flash Boys and The Big Short, there was Liar's Poker. A knowing and unnervingly talented debut, this insider's account of 1980s Wall Street excess transformed Michael Lewis from a disillusioned bond salesman to the best-selling literary icon he is today. Together, the three books cover thirty years of endemic global corruption—perhaps the defining problem of our age—which has never been so hilariously skewered as in Liar's Poker, now in a twenty-fifth-anniversary edition with a new afterword by the author. It was wonderful to be young and working on Wall Street in the 1980s: never before had so many twenty-four-year-olds made so much money in so little time. After you learned the trick of it, all you had to do was pick up the phone and the money poured in your lap. This wickedly funny book endures as the best record we have of those heady, frenzied years. In it Lewis describes his own rake's progress through a powerful investment bank. From an unlikely beginning (art history at Princeton?) he rose in two short years from Salomon Brothers trainee to Geek (the lowest form of life on the trading floor) to Big Swinging Dick, the most dangerous beast in the jungle, a bond salesman who could turn over millions of dollars' worth of doubtful bonds with just one call. As he has continued to do for a quarter century, Michael Lewis here shows us how things really worked on Wall Street. In the Salomon training program a roomful of aspirants is stunned speechless by the vitriolic profanity of the Human Piranha; out on the trading floor, bond traders throw telephones at the heads of underlings and Salomon chairmen Gutfreund challenges his chief trader to a hand of liar's poker for one million dollars.

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Looking for an entertaining and insightful read? Look no further than Liar's Poker (25th Anniversary Edition)! This classic book takes you back to the wild days of Wall Street in the 1980s, where Michael Lewis, a former bond salesman turned literary icon, shares his experiences and exposes the endemic global corruption that plagued the financial world. With its hilarious skewering of Wall Street excess, Liar's Poker remains the best record of those frenzied years. Get your hands on this eye-opening book and dive into a world of money, power, and unforgettable characters.

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Don't miss out on this 25th-anniversary edition of Liar's Poker, complete with a new afterword by the author. Lewis ensures that his witty and illuminating writing highlights the undeniable truth about the financial world. You'll gain a never-before-seen perspective on a defining problem of our age: global corruption. The book's authenticity and Lewis' keen observations make it a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the inner workings of Wall Street. Get your copy now and see for yourself why Liar's Poker continues to be an iconic masterpiece.

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