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Inside Out: The Dennis Levine Story Hardcover – January 1, 1992

by Dennis B. Levine (Author), William Hoffer (Author)

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In 1986, Levine was accused of insider stock market trading--multi-million-dollar deals. Levine tells his side of the scandal that brought down Wall Street.

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Random House Business Books
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January 1, 1992
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0712649328
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978-0712649322
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Business Books (January 1, 1992)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 300 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0712649328
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0712649322
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.87 pounds

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William Hoffer has been spinning out international bestsellers for more than 20 years.
He collaborated with Billy Hayes to chronicle the exciting escape from a Turkish prison in MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, which was later produced into a motion picture starring Brad Davis, John Hurt and Randy Quaid.
William and his wife Marilyn worked with Betty Mahmoody to write NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER, the story of Betty and her daughter's desperate and dangerous escape from Iran. The book became a stunningly successful international phenomenon, and was produced into a motion picture starring Sally Field and Alfred Molina.
William and Marilyn's FREEFALL is the nail-biting thriller recounting the near-tragedy of Air Canada Flight 174 that ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet. It was produced into a motion picture starring William Devane, Shelley Hack and Mariette Hartley.
The husband-and-wife team's latest book is a comic mystery entitled LUKE RULES, the adventures and misadventures of Luke Wilde, former Marine Corps sniper turned wily and often contrary private investigator who likes to play by his own rules. WARNING: Luke has a bit of an attitude problem.
LUKE RULES is the first in a series of Luke Wilde adventures. Look for TORCH!, coming in 2011.
William and Marilyn invite you to visit with them at www.williamandmarilynhoffer.com
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One Great Story

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2013

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It is a true srory that grabs one's attention and holds it. I read it twenty-five years ago and found it just as interesting, again. It brings to light the highest level of finance that few Americans are a ware of. If Dennis Lavine had remained an honest stock broker, we would have never heard about him and his interesting story. He amassed millions of dollars in a hiden bank account. All that money did nothing for him but knock him out of a job most of us could only dream about. It is one of the best stories I have read at age 81.
Lou Barber

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Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2020

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A gripping tale of white collar crime

Darren Sinclair

An oldie but a goodie

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2015

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Must read for anyone considering investing.

The insights are basic, but eye opening.

Highly recommended

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Alongside Levine's side, a great primer on 1980s investment banking

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2017

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I have read a good dozen books on 1980s investment banking. (My favorites include Bloodsport, A Giant Cow-Tipping by Savages, The Takeover Game, and The New Crowd, each worthwhile in its way.) This book stands apart as having the best plain-spoken explanation of the events, people, deals and concepts. Levine despite his Ferrari and few stock pretensions of the era, was not what you would call Hollywood material, and led an unglamorous personal life. He made his name by digging into data, crunching numbers and formulating sophisticated advice, a process he explains here very well. This lack of a headline persona may contribute to an effectively calm and plain-spoken view of things (for an investment banker). I don't know how much he and this other author wrote between them, but they managed to produce the most highly readable account I've seen, of the scene and its major aspects. Other reviewers carp about Levine's selective self-justifications, but that is all pretty easy to see through, and barely a distraction. Yes, he seems (of course) to compartmentalize morals, so that colleagues jumping for the (obviously orchestrated) womanizing at the Drexel Predators' Ball irked him (portrayed as a truly loving and faithful husband and father), and his Bahamian bankers copying HIS illegal trades were (surprise!) lowlifes (as if HE wasn't skimming the public markets, just one layer above), and oh, he felt great pain when saving himself meant turning on "friends." We come to expect bits like this. (Heck, I used to be a trial lawyer. I've heard it all.) I am very glad I picked up this book, because it may lack the dense technical details of some others, but it is the most elegantly simple tour I have seen of the whole scene.
"Den of Thieves" portrayed Levine as lacking number skills, and pretty much made him out as the most petty and odious clown of the bunch, which is saying a lot. I wasn't there, so who knows?

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Justice Malanot

A lesson to all

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2010

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I have found the book to be a very thorough and deeply personal account by a person who made a mistake during the 1980's go go era. The subsequant Dot Coom boom and the boom and bust cycles gives an interesting perspective to insiders to some of the forces that the leveraged buy out pioneers were exposed to. Dennis Levine sums it up with "there for the Grace of God go I.." You had to have been there to understand.

The insiders account is well written, reads well and is full of detail. It is a blistering good read and is a reflection of the journey.

What stands out is that it is a very slippery slope, and that decent people gets swept up in the atmosphere of such a greedy era.

The single great regret of Mr Levines life is that he will forever be remembered for a mistake and a small portion of his life. He is much more than that, and most people miss that. It would seem that industry insiders fear being associated with him, should any of the tarnish and bad rep reflect on him. My personal feeling is that he learned a thing or two about life, intellectual and other types of integrity. Charcater comes from suffering, and that comes to us all. We all have our cross to bear.

The key question for me, is whether we are willing to help others from what our own choices and journey gave and taught us. In this context, Dannis Levine is a honourable man, and shares with an open hand. He may be a pariah in he investment banking community, but he is more than that for the rest of us mortal beings. The question is what do you do with the choices you have. There is a lot to be learned from the man. It has taken me a few years to move from "quick to judge" to "slow to understand". This book was a useful tool on this journey. I recommend it highly. It is not a life wasted an dit will not be time wasted. I fyou have been there, you will understand. For some independant thinkers the basic humanity is heart warming.

Respectfully

JM
South Africa

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A good read if you are not judgemental

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2013

Summary from my full length review - A first person account of one of the very famous insider trading scandals in the 1980s. The perspective is interesting as it exposed the behind the door scenes on how deals were made. The dynamics that happen around a deal from the people involved, to the wild swings in the stock prices and the frenzies with the media is well worth studying. I consider this book something to reflect on - if you were in his shoes, can you resist the temptations?

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Ahmed

Amazing Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2014

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Mr Levine - what a fascinating insight of your unholy antics. I am lost as to why people such as Raj Rajantram (Galleon Hedge Fund) did not pick up this book before blazing the same trail as Boesky and Levine.

Very clear narrative, captures the essence of the greed decade.

High recommended!!!

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