Liar's Poker- Rising through the Wreckage on Wall Street by Michael Lewis

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The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar's Poker. Michael Lewis was fresh out of Princeton and the London School of Economics when 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 American business. From the frat-boy camaraderie of the forty-first-floor trading room to the killer instinct that made ambitious young men gamble everything on a high-stakes game of bluffing and deception, here is Michael Lewis's knowing and hilarious insider's account of an unprecedented era of greed, gluttony, and outrageous fortune.

  • Product Features

    • Format- Paperback
    • Product dimensions- 5.4" W x 8.2" H x 0.7" D
    • Genre- Libros en espanol
    • Publisher- Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Publication date- 04-18-2023
    • Page count- 224
    • ISBN- 9781665927703

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Interesting Read

This book was very different from other Lewis books because he focuses a lot more on autobiographical details and it's interesting to look back and read this to see how he viewed the world at that time. There is a lot of imagery of what it was like within one of the more successful investment banks in the 80s and Lewis brings the people and the culture of the organization to light in the way that only Lewis can do. I know very little about this and I was able to follow along the whole time to get a sense of what things were like and to read about the ups and downs within the organization. Enjoyable and worth your time!

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