The Big Short
Inside the Doomsday Machine
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4.5 • 115 Ratings
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Publisher Description
THE OUTRAGEOUS NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, NOW AN OSCAR- AND BAFTA-WINNING FILM
From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, The Big Short, Michael Lewis's No.1 bestseller, tells the story of the misfits, renegades and visionaries who saw that the biggest credit bubble of all time was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a killing.
'In the hands of Michael Lewis, anything is possible ... if you want to know how a nation lost its financial mind - and have a good laugh finding out - this is the book to read' Sunday Times
'Magnificent ... a perfect storm of brilliant writer meeting big subject' Guardian
'A triumph ... riveting ... The Big Short reads like a thriller' The Times
'A terrifying story, superbly well told' Daily Telegraph
'A rollicking good yarn' Financial Times
'Probably the single best piece of financial journalism ever written' Reuters
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Michael Lewis' rundown of Wall Street's 2008 subprime fiasco is too captivating to put down. The bestselling author and former banker puts into plain-speak the calamity that bankers created, sharing jaw-dropping anecdotes of willful blindness, greed, ignorance and deception. His portraits of those few in the finance industry who saw the disaster coming years in advance are particularly fascinating: an awkward ex-neurologist, a terrifyingly blunt Gordon Gekko–haired trader and a cynical, brazen fund manager who relished punishing big banks. All in all, The Big Short took us on a stomach-churning (and infuriating) ride through the finance sector's implosion.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Although Lewis is perhaps best known for his sports-related nonfiction (including The Blind Side), his first book was the autobiographical Liar s Poker, in which he chronicled his disillusionment as a young gun on Wall Street in the greed is good 1980s. He returns to his financial roots to excavate the crisis of 2007 2008, employing his trademark technique of casting a microcosmic lens on the personal histories of several Wall Street outsiders who were betting against the grain to shed light on the macrocosmic tale of greed and fear. Although Lewis reads the book s introduction, narration duties are assumed by Jesse Boggs, a veteran narrator of business titles (including Lewis s own 2008 book Panic!). Boggs s rich baritone is well suited to the task and trips lightly through a maze of financial jargon (CDOs, derivatives, mid-prime lending) and a dizzying cast of characters. Lewis returns on the final disc for a 10-minute interview about the crisis s aftermath, including a savvy assessment of the wisdom of the financial bailout and where-are-they-now updates on the book s various heroes and villains. A Norton hardcover.
Customer Reviews
Great read
Great read and great insight.
Crazy
I have been interested in this story ever since the crash happened 10 years ago, I have watched the movie multiple times, read this and watched other documentaries, I still barely have a clue what happened it is also messy. Great book, great insight, a brilliant tale of the biggest robbery in modern history. Worst part is none of it was put right and the same criminals and negligent people are still at the wheel, it’s not a matter of if it’s a matter of when which is terrifying
Read it!
The most enthralling book I have ever read. Michael Lewis has made an art out of turning what could be considered dry subject matter into page turners of the highest order.