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Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Lewis
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  214 reviews
Sales Rank: 986
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0140143459
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.620973
EAN: 9780140143454
ASIN: 0140143459
Publication Date: October 1, 1990
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 JH April 25, 2008
OUTSTANDING!! This is the single best book I've ever read for learning the basics of life in a Wall St. investment bank. Very accessible and humorous, yet informative as well.
Wonderful, how could you not like it? April 23, 2008
4 out of 23 found this review helpful
This is a great book. I mean, everyone else says so, so they can't be wrong. Yes, I want a job on wall street.
 Pretty lame April 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought this would be more interesting. I still haven't finished the book and I bought it over 6 months ago. It's just dry. If you've ever worked on the floor of an actual exchange this is like kissing your sister. I have a totally different view of trading in the 80's and institutional trading isn't it
 Stranger than Fiction April 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Much of what Lewis' writes about is true. Particularly as a trainee investment banker you are thrown in and expected to know how financial markets work. I have been a banker for 20 years and can only now confidently say I know half of what I am talking about. Mind you most clients I talk to really don't have a clue - another anecdote that Lewis brings to life. This is a great read for those with insight or interest in the Wall Street set, fast paced and so funny because its true. On top of it all, it offers great insight into an interesting part of financial history, much of which has parallels to the 2007 Credit Crisis - happy reading
 Funny in Parts April 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I bought the book, I expected it to be a funny narration of the wall street life in 80s. And the first 70-80 pages kept me quite entertained. Well written and funny ! Its the second half of the book which becomes more rhetorical with a dull narration of the events and developments on the Wall street. Perhaps my expectations from the book were unrealistic. I would recommend Monkey Business if someone wants to have a real laugh at the wall street world.
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