Book description
'We fed the monster until it blew up ...'
While Wall Street was busy creating the biggest credit bubble of all
time, a few renegade investors saw it was about to burst, bet against
the banking system - and made a fortune.
From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas,
this is the outrageous story of the misfits, mavericks and geniuses
who, against all odds, made the greatest financial killing in history.
Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton
University and the London School of Economics. He has written several
books including the
New York Times
bestseller,
Liar's Poker
, widely considered the book that defined Wall Street during the 1980s.
Lewis is contributing writer for the
New York Times Magazine
and for
Vanity Fair
. He is married with three children.
