Get Rich Cheating: The Crooked Path to Easy Street [Paperback]

Jeff Kreisler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 26, 2009

In these difficult times, there's only one proven path to ridiculous amounts of money: Cheating. Everyone's doing it—from sleazy CEOs to 'roided-up home run kings, silicone-enhanced starlets, and backroom-dealing congressmen—so why not you? Get Rich Cheating is your definitive guide to the illegal, immoral, and fun, detailing the schemes that have proven time and time again to generate more cash than God, Google, and the Treasury combined.

No one ever bought a fleet of Bentleys with hard work, perseverance, and honesty. Simply by purchasing this book, you've already done more than most "ethical" people dare. Open it, savor the moment, and inhale deeply in the musk of your impending wealth—it's time to Get Rich Cheating.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“A very funny book with a very timely message.” (Terry Jones, founding member of Monty Python )

“Just by reading this book you’ll earn an asterisk next to your name. You’ll be laughing all the way to the bank, assuming other cheaters haven’t forced it into bankruptcy yet.” (Rachel Maddow )

“A brilliant and brilliantly sustained satirical broadside. On just about every page, you’ll find a pithy, pointed barb worthy of the late great George Carlin.” (Tony Hendra, author of Father Joe )

“This is THE book to read on the unemployment line.” (Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show )

About the Author

Jeff Kreisler is an award-winning comedian and writer who writes for Comedy Central's InDecision 2008 and maintains a syndicated business humor column on Jim Cramer's TheStreet.com. In addition to writing, he performs his stand up comedy around the country. He lives in New York, NY.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Harper Perennial; 1 Original edition (May 26, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006168614X
• ISBN-13: 978-0061686146
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,115,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't resist, May 29, 2009

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ch_everyounce (Santa Monica, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Get Rich Cheating: The Crooked Path to Easy Street (Paperback)

I couldn't resist buying this full price at a bookstore. I've only seen Kreisler do stand-up once, but it was enough to make me remember his name. When I saw the book I leafed through it...and scared a lady one row over when I laughed out loud. So I bought it on the spot.
You won't be disappointed. It's cathartic to laugh at the misery cheaters have wrought, and at least this book keeps the dream alive for the rest of us. (That's the catch, right...we're not going to get rich, and we're not going to cheat. But damned if Kreisler's book isn't funny enough to make me want to think of a third option. After I'm done laughing.)

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST BUY!!, May 26, 2009

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A. Teutschel (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Get Rich Cheating: The Crooked Path to Easy Street (Paperback)

This is a hilarious read! A must buy for the times we live in...the economy in the tank, cheating in every industry, and no hope in sight. It will have you laughing from start to finish!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hilarious, pointed observation of business, November 10, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Get Rich Cheating: The Crooked Path to Easy Street (Paperback)

Take a healthy dose of humor and blend it with some business savvy and observations of questionable practices and you have GET RICH CHEATING: THE CROOKED GUIDE TO EASY STREET, a tongue-in-cheek guide to schemes that have proven to generate cash covers everything from government bailouts to exploiting the weak. From controlling a board of directors to the mechanics of collusion, it's a hilarious, pointed observation of business.