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Biographical note
Michael Lewis's global bestselling books lift the lid on the biggest stories of our times. They include Flash Boys, a game-changing exposé of high-speed scamming; The Big Short, which was made into a hit Oscar-winning film; Moneyball, the story of a maverick outsider who beat the system; and Liar's Poker, the book that defined the excesses of the 1980s. Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London School of Economics.It's time to throw another tank of petrol on the Wall Street pyre, as only Lewis can
Financial Times
He is so good everyone else may as well pack up
Evening Standard
No one writes with more narrative panache about money and finance than Mr. Lewis
- Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
Probably the single best piece of financial journalism ever written
Reuters
Hugely entertaining
Economist
Terrifying and superbly told
Daily Telegraph
Genius
Sunday Times
Compelling and horrifying
- GQ,
A more than worthy successor to Liar's Poker ... if you want to know about the origins of the credit crunch, and the extraordinary cast of misfits, visionaries and chancers who made money from the crash, there's no more readable account
Daily Telegraph
A triumph ... riveting ... a genuine page-turner
Times
The very best book about this whole affair
- John Lanchester, author of 'Whoops!',
If you read only one book about the causes of the recent financial crisis, let it be Michael Lewis's The Big Short
Washington Post
In the hands of Michael Lewis, anything is possible ... if you want to know how a nation lost its financial mind - and have a good laugh finding out - this is the book to read.
The Sunday Times
Magnificent ... a perfect storm of brilliant writer meeting big subject.
The Guardian