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.
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.