Liar's Poker - Michael Lewis
In the late 1980s and shortly after he left his job in bond sales as part of a team with the trading desk at the London office of Solomon Brothers, the then 27 year old Michael Lewis completed his first book for publication about his experiences entitled Liar's Poker. It became a major hit, read widely especially those with a professional interest in "the market", and created a new career for Lewis. I meant to read it when it came out. It has been among Sue's collection of business related books which are shelved in her office in the apartment for decades. I got around to it this month.
It seems that Lewis has had a book for every crisis and major economic event since the market crash in October1988, which occurred (which Liar's Poker relates). [At the time Sue and I were in Beijing wholly unaware of the crisis until we landed at the airport in Tokyo and saw the International edition of the Wall Street Journal.] Liar's Poker made him the reputation upon which all else was built.
It remains an engaging and fascinating account of the business of trading as it existed in Wall Street in the 1980s and whose development can be recognized in nearly a straight line to the events of the last nearly four decades. For those of us, Sue and I , she in banking and me in the field of law directly related to the stock market, many of the names and events will be familiar. For those other readers, many generations younger, it will be a wonderful story and educational reading experience.
In short, if I have not made my view clear: this book is as terrific as its reviews were, and the talk of the industry expressed when it was first published. it is fresh as a story; it is important for economic history.
Lewis was just out of a master's program at the London School of Economics when this art major in undergraduate school for some reason he was invited to a charity event sponsored by the Queen Mother. There he meets the wife of the chairman of Solomon. One thing leads to another and he is invited to become part of a training program. Upon its completion he is placed on the trading floor in Solomon's offices in New York.
The book is both his story and the story of Solomon and the financial industry at that time. It is well written and well told.
Liar's Poker - Michael Lewis
In the late 1980s and shortly after he left his job in bond sales as part of a team with the trading desk at the London office of Solomon Brothers, the then 27 year old Michael Lewis completed his first book for publication about his experiences entitled Liar's Poker. It became a major hit, read widely especially those with a professional interest in "the market", and created a new career for Lewis. I meant to read it when it came out. It has been among Sue's collection of business related books which are shelved in her office in the apartment for decades. I got around to it this month.
It seems that Lewis has had a book for every crisis and major economic event since the market crash in October1988, which occurred (which Liar's Poker relates). [At the time Sue and I were in Beijing wholly unaware of the crisis until we landed at the airport in Tokyo and saw the International edition of the Wall Street Journal.] Liar's Poker made him the reputation upon which all else was built.
It remains an engaging and fascinating account of the business of trading as it existed in Wall Street in the 1980s and whose development can be recognized in nearly a straight line to the events of the last nearly four decades. For those of us, Sue and I , she in banking and me in the field of law directly related to the stock market, many of the names and events will be familiar. For those other readers, many generations younger, it will be a wonderful story and educational reading experience.
In short, if I have not made my view clear: this book is as terrific as its reviews were, and the talk of the industry expressed when it was first published. it is fresh as a story; it is important for economic history.
Lewis was just out of a master's program at the London School of Economics when this art major in undergraduate school for some reason he was invited to a charity event sponsored by the Queen Mother. There he meets the wife of the chairman of Solomon. One thing leads to another and he is invited to become part of a training program. Upon its completion he is placed on the trading floor in Solomon's offices in New York.
The book is both his story and the story of Solomon and the financial industry at that time. It is well written and well told.
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A page turner on a decade of financial history
This is the first Michael Lewis book I read and I can see why many consider it a classic. It's a very entertaining account on the world of Finance gone rogue in the 80s. The author narrates the craze and excesses, mostly through his own experiences, at the center of the industry without being moralistic and in a fun, engaging way that can glue anyone to the story. What a fantastic set of real characters!I'm very glad someone so talented decided to write about Salomon Brothers at the height of the bonds mania of the roaring 80s and now, 30 years later, we can see how much Finance has changed and at the same time hasn't.
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A page turner on a decade of financial historyThis is the first Michael Lewis book I read and I can see why many consider it a classic. It's a very entertaining account on the world of Finance gone rogue in the 80s. The author narrates the craze and excesses, mostly through his own experiences, at the center of the industry without being moralistic and in a fun, engaging way that can glue anyone to the story. What a fantastic set of real characters!
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2019
I'm very glad someone so talented decided to write about Salomon Brothers at the height of the bonds mania of the roaring 80s and now, 30 years later, we can see how much Finance has changed and at the same time hasn't.
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Jean GandarReviewed in Germany on February 4, 2018
Grees abd Deception in Wall Strret
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JAMReviewed in Spain on February 10, 2015
Me ha atrapado desde el principio hasta el final
