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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Belfort, who founded one of the first and largest chop shop brokerage firms in 1987, was banned from the securities business for life by 1994, and later went to jail for fraud and money-laundering, delivers a memoir that reads like fiction. It covers his decade of success with straightforward accounts of how he worked with managers of obscure companies to acquire large amounts of stock with minimal public disclosure, then pumped up the price and sold it, so he and the insiders made large profits while public investors usually lost. Profits were laundered through purchase of legitimate businesses and cash deposits in Swiss banks. There is only brief mention of Belfort's life before Wall Street or events since 1997. The book's main topic is the vast amount of sex, drugs and risky physical behavior Belfort managed to survive. As might be expected in the autobiography of a veteran con man with movie rights already sold, it's hard to know how much to believe. The story is told mostly in dialogue, with allegedly contemporaneous mental asides by the author, reported verbatim. But it reports only surface events, never revealing what motivates Belfort or any of the other characters. (Oct. 2)
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From AudioFile
Jordan Belfort, a notable businessman, became a convict before he was 30 years old. His story is absurd and hilarious, heartfelt and emotional, and above all, a truthful look back at his bizarre journey. Narrator Bobby Cannavale's thick, firm voice is fitting for Belfort. Strong and unwavering, Cannavale delivers the material at a steady pace that brings the story to life. Cannavale does the impossible and becomes Jordan Belfort in a truly remarkable performance. While having Belfort himself assume the role of narrator for his memoir would have proved more interesting, offering a firsthand perspective of the events in question, Cannavale is the next best thing and might just be more believable as Belfort than Belfort himself. L.B. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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Belfort, who founded one of the first and largest chop shop brokerage firms in 1987, was banned from the securities business for life by 1994, and later went to jail for fraud and money-laundering, delivers a memoir that reads like fiction. It covers his decade of success with straightforward accounts of how he worked with managers of obscure companies to acquire large amounts of stock with minimal public disclosure, then pumped up the price and sold it, so he and the insiders made large profits while public investors usually lost. Profits were laundered through purchase of legitimate businesses and cash deposits in Swiss banks. There is only brief mention of Belfort's life before Wall Street or events since 1997. The book's main topic is the vast amount of sex, drugs and risky physical behavior Belfort managed to survive. As might be expected in the autobiography of a veteran con man with movie rights already sold, it's hard to know how much to believe. The story is told mostly in dialogue, with allegedly contemporaneous mental asides by the author, reported verbatim. But it reports only surface events, never revealing what motivates Belfort or any of the other characters. (Oct. 2)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From AudioFile
Jordan Belfort, a notable businessman, became a convict before he was 30 years old. His story is absurd and hilarious, heartfelt and emotional, and above all, a truthful look back at his bizarre journey. Narrator Bobby Cannavale's thick, firm voice is fitting for Belfort. Strong and unwavering, Cannavale delivers the material at a steady pace that brings the story to life. Cannavale does the impossible and becomes Jordan Belfort in a truly remarkable performance. While having Belfort himself assume the role of narrator for his memoir would have proved more interesting, offering a firsthand perspective of the events in question, Cannavale is the next best thing and might just be more believable as Belfort than Belfort himself. L.B. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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