Liar's Poker

In the 1980s, Michael Lewis worked at The Salomon Brothers, a Wall Street investment firm. During his years at the firm, Lewis rose from callow trainee to bond salesman, earning millions and drawing a level of interest in the company unmatched since the gold rush. The Liar’s Poker is an account of those heady, frenzied years—a behind-the-scenes look at a unique and turbulent time in American business. From the frat-boy camaraderie of the forty-first floor trading room to the killer instinct that made ambitious young men gamble everything on a high-stakes game of bluffing and deception, here is Lewis’s knowing and hilarious insider’s account of an unprecedented era of greed, gluttony, and outrageous fortune.