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The Wolf of Wall Street Paperback – August 26, 2008

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio

By day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could. From the binge that sank a 170-foot motor yacht and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife and kids waiting at home and the fast-talking, hard-partying young stockbrokers who called him king, here, in Jordan Belfort’s own words, is the story of the ill-fated genius they called the Wolf of Wall Street. In the 1990s, Belfort became one of the most infamous kingpins in American finance: a brilliant, conniving stock-chopper who led his merry mob on a wild ride out of Wall Street and into a massive office on Long Island. It’s an extraordinary story of greed, power, and excess that no one could invent: the tale of an ordinary guy who went from hustling Italian ices to making hundreds of millions—until it all came crashing down.

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“Raw and frequently hilarious.”—The New York Times

“A rollicking tale of [Jordan Belfort’s] rise to riches as head of the infamous boiler room Stratton Oakmont . . . proof that there are indeed second acts in American lives.”—Forbes

“A cross between Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities and Scorsese’s GoodFellas . . . Belfort has the Midas touch.”—The Sunday Times (London)

“Entertaining as pulp fiction, real as a federal indictment . . . a hell of a read.”—Kirkus Reviews

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“Raw and frequently hilarious.”—The New York Times

“A rollicking tale of [Jordan Belfort’s] rise to riches as head of the infamous boiler room Stratton Oakmont . . . proof that there are indeed second acts in American lives.”—Forbes

“A cross between Tom Wolfe’s The Bonfire of the Vanities and Scorsese’s GoodFellas . . . Belfort has the Midas touch.”—The Sunday Times (London)

“Entertaining as pulp fiction, real as a federal indictment . . . a hell of a read.”—Kirkus Reviews

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After graduating from American University, Jordan Belfort worked on Wall Street for ten years. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his two children.

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Series: The Wolf of Wall Street (Book 1)
Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Bantam; Reprint edition (August 26, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780553384772
ISBN-13: 978-0553384772
ASIN: 0553384775
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 1,422 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #44 in Books > Business & Money > Investing > Stocks
- #84 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Specific Groups > Crime & Criminals
- #125 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Professionals & Academics > Business

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Surprisingly well written. I think it is important for you, discerning future reader, to realize that basically all the dialogue in this book is invented. Jordan tells his life story in the form of a novel and takes a lot of liberties in order to get his point across. That being said, it is easily forgiven and should absolutely be filed under non-fiction; it is a wonderfully blunt contribution to the saga of the "American dream."

The author does a great job of establishing his frame of mind and his mood in the given situation with his use of language and structure. He does not write things like "that made me angry." His sentences get shorter, his words get harsher, and his venom becomes tangible.

Well executed, fun romp through depravity at warp speed. Folks who are upset by the curse words and descriptions of sex, drugs, and excessive spending need to get over themselves. Jordan Belfort will not be censored by your old fashioned notions of etiquette and weak sensibilities.

Enjoy, folks. This is Goodfellas on paper, with corporate murders instead of real ones.

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A study in criminal psychology and drug addiction

January 5, 2014

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I gave this 5 stars, not because it is a good read or a truthful memoir, but because it is a fine example of criminal psychology and drug addiction.
The supposed facts related by Belfort must be taken with a large dose of salt. He readily admits with some pride deceiving everyone he deals with including his wife and supposed friends and business partners. We would be quite gullible to then take his writing at face value.
He portrays himself as generous to a fault, but of course the money he passes out is mostly stolen. The judgement against him included a requirement to pay over 100 million in retribution to those he defrauded. Most of that has never been paid even though his income from books and movie rights is quite substantial. By the way his sentence was lighter than those of all his cohorts because he turned against them when the law caught up with him. This after spilling a lot of ink in his book about loyalty, trust and "omerta." Does he still have hidden assets that rightfully belong to the victims? You guess. I bet he does.
He tries to present himself as a reformed bad actor who has seen the light and conquered his addiction. I hope he has conquered his addictions, but that wasn't his only problem. He is quite intelligent and seen as such by all around him. The schemes he ran were carefully designed and couldn't have been conceived and executed while stoned, so there is more to this than addiction. The most important part of the story is left out. How did a broke guy starting at the very bottom of a major brokerage firm get to be a criminal millionaire? That's the guts of the real story, and it was left out. We only see him at the climax just before the downfall.
Sex and drugs sell books and movies and that's the new scheme, and it is lawful even if only partly true and even if the main facts are left out.
The schemer and deceiver is still at work.

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Believe it or not, I thought the film was better.

March 17, 2016

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I happened to see Wolf of Wall Street in the theater before I read the book, and bought the Kindle copy when it was $1.99 during an Oscar week Gold Box sale. Having enjoyed the film immensely, I was curious as to how the book held up in comparison.

Having seen the film before reading the book is a blessing and a curse. Certain expectations may not be met, but preconceived notions can also allow the reader to pay closer attention to detail. In this case, I felt the spirit of Jordan Belfort in both his writing and Terence Winter's screenplay; both portray him appropriately as a sick, depraved individual whose high-roller lifestyle, and criminal activities in running a brokerage firm spiraled out of control in drug-induced decadence. Names have been changed, for example, Belfort's wife, Nadine Caridi, becomes Naomi Lapaglia, but the personalities and appearances remain nearly the same. A lot of the time, I thought to myself, "Oh, I know who that is!"

I felt the film told a more cohesive story, in spite of its three-hour length, whereas the book meandered in and out of moments. Many of the events were condensed into the film, such as Belfort's drive home on quaaludes and subsequent events are a composite of different incidents that occur over multiple chapters. What I did not expect, and actually surprised me as the most compelling aspect of the book was Belfort's battle with drug addiction and subsequent antics while in rehab. By his inevitable arrest, I actually pitied him. A weakness of the film is that it glosses over Belfort's upswing during and after rehab.

Unlike with the film, the more salacious, criminal, and business aspects of this story were still rather shocking in the book, but after a while, they became tedious. At least with the film, Scorsese took some artistic license to include more humor and take the Strattonites activities to levels of parody, which I enjoyed immensely.

So where does my review end up with the book? Well, I thought Belfort's (and his editors, I guess) writing style was enthusiastic enough to hold my interest, I appreciated the more vivid characterizations and insight into his lifestyle, as well as the focus on his battle with drug addiction, but it didn't completely captivate me until the end when he regained at least some redemption by achieving sobriety. Even by the end, the book's denouement is a depressing ordeal.

I appreciate it for what the book is - a decent, modern cautionary tale that money can't buy happiness and how drug addiction can ruin lives. However, I feel like I appreciate the film more for it's entertainment value, top notch production, and more effective treatment of the story.

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