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- Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd; Abridged edition edition (4 Jun 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563408030
- ISBN-13: 978-0563408031
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
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'An amazing book, readable, funny and mind-boggling ... one of the great business books of all time' (Punch )
'Read all about it: headlong greed, inarticulate obscenity, Animal House horseplay . . .' (The Sunday Times )
'Immense verve and wit' (20/20 Magazine )
'A highly immoral book' (Daily Mail )
'Wickedly funny' (Daily Express )
'As traders would say, this book is a buy' (Financial Times ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
'Read all about it: headlong greed, inarticulate obscenity, Animal House horseplay . . .' (The Sunday Times )
'Immense verve and wit' (20/20 Magazine )
'A highly immoral book' (Daily Mail )
'Wickedly funny' (Daily Express )
'As traders would say, this book is a buy' (Financial Times ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Lewis has a gift for the rapid portrait. Unless you find his flippant one-liners irritating, it is a pleasure to be guided around the jungle of bond markets by his reminiscences and trenchant asides. . . . Apart from the belly-laughs, one of the triumphs of" Liar's Poker" is that it makes the financial complexities of investment banking and the markets accessible to the layman. . . . Everything from yields to selling short is painlessly clarified in the course of the narrative. --Victor Mallet
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IT WAS sometime early in 1986, the first year of the decline of my firm, Salomon Brothers. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
great picture of certain events, at a certain time for all interested in investment banking and finance
26 Feb 2008
Format:Paperback
Liar's Poker offers you a journey into the world of a sophisticated money-making machine: a global investment bank.
As an ex- Bankers Trust employee, I can claim I have met many people similar to the characters in the book, and I can say the characters, events, their habits appear very well pictured. Even though it is technical at times, this book is light years away from many boring books like "see how smart I was making my fortune".
This book explains a lot about how money was made and lost during these times. It gives examples of strategies and market context. More importantly it also shows you of people's greed, fear and the consequences of that. It illustrates relations within junior and senior staff in a bank like this in a very honest way.
The most exciting thing about it is that the author keeps a distance to events, millions of profit, important people and institutions mentioned in the book. Few of people working inside such an institution can say that.
I have recommended Liar's Poker to some people, and it seems it has changed the way they see their jobs and careers. Finally, this book makes you think - that is what good books are about.
As an ex- Bankers Trust employee, I can claim I have met many people similar to the characters in the book, and I can say the characters, events, their habits appear very well pictured. Even though it is technical at times, this book is light years away from many boring books like "see how smart I was making my fortune".
This book explains a lot about how money was made and lost during these times. It gives examples of strategies and market context. More importantly it also shows you of people's greed, fear and the consequences of that. It illustrates relations within junior and senior staff in a bank like this in a very honest way.
The most exciting thing about it is that the author keeps a distance to events, millions of profit, important people and institutions mentioned in the book. Few of people working inside such an institution can say that.
I have recommended Liar's Poker to some people, and it seems it has changed the way they see their jobs and careers. Finally, this book makes you think - that is what good books are about.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Lewis' 'Liar's Poker' was an instant classic upon publication. Yet it had an adverse effect: instead of being read as the critical account it was intended to be, an entire genereation of investment banker's used this book as a 'how to' guide and a prime resource of information on how to survive on Wall Street or in the City of London.
At present it attains a new relevance: the book can be read as am account of the culture that lead to the problems in the financial system.
At present it attains a new relevance: the book can be read as am account of the culture that lead to the problems in the financial system.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Anybody looking for a sober review of the financial markets in the 1980's and/or Salomon Brothers' role in it will be disappointed. However, as a review of one man's experience on Wall Street, it is suoerb. Michael Lewis is a wonderful storyteller, and he writes this book so that you don't need a deep knowledge of finance to enjoy it.
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Not as good as "the big short"
I enjoyed this book about salomon brothers and wall street. However I enjoyed much more his more recent book "the big short" about the subprime mortgage collapse. Read more
Published 22 days ago by M. SMITH
Still relevant
At times it is hard to remember that this book was written in the late 1980's. For all that, it still has relevance today inasmuch as the impact of some of the attitudes and... Read more
Published 23 days ago by Marand
Disappointing and plodding
I got halfway through before I decided to give up. At the point when the practical jokes (goofs) were described I wondered what I was going to get out of the book. Read more
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Captivating and eye-opener
Once you start reading, you will find it difficult to put it down. Reality turns out to be much more captivating and thrilling than any fiction you can ever read. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M.W.
A good read with useful insights
The book contains short stories of the author's experience at Saloman Brothers. I was born in the 80s and had once wanted to work in an investment bank. Read more
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Financial meltdown made funny
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It is useful before you begin this book to read the glossary of terms, banks and jargon at the end of the book. It is indexed in the table of contents. Read more
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Intensely Prophetic, from a 2011 perspective!
Just finished it: My second Michael Lewis read (my first being The Big Short) and another highly enjoyable, amusing and insightful take on how Wall Street and, in particular, the... Read more
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pretty dull
I'm surprised to see this so well reviewed. I found it pretty dull. I'm sure there must be better books out there on this topic.
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