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The Big Short

By: Michael Lewis
Narrated by: Jesse Boggs, Michael Lewis
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The long-awaited follow-up to the global best-seller Liar's Poker, The Big Short tells a story of spectacular, epic folly.

It has taken the world's greatest financial meltdown to bring Michael Lewis back to the subject that made him famous. His international best seller Liar's Poker exposed the greed and carnage of the City and Wall Street in the 1980s; he wrote it as a cautionary tale, but people seem to have read it as a how-to guide. Now, he wants to settle accounts. In this visceral tour to the heart of the money-making machine, Michael Lewis traces the origins of the crisis and introduces us to a new cast of compulsively fascinating characters. We meet the people who saw it coming, the people who were asleep at the wheel, and others who were actively driving us all off the cliff. Where did it all start? How could we have all been so deluded for quite so long? Did it really have to be this way? And who the hell can we blame? Michael Lewis has the answers.

No one is better qualified to reveal the dark truths about how our world really works. No one else could make it such an enjoyable ride along the way.

This edition includes a prologue read by the author, plus an exclusive author interview.

©2010 Michael Lewis (P)2010 Penguin Audio
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"Lewis is the finest storyteller of our generation." (Malcolm Gladwell)
"The funniest book about Wall Street I have ever read" (Tom Wolfe)

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This books proves fact is better than fiction

You dont have to understand or love money to love this rollicking true life drama. i didnt want it to end and when it did i immediately bought Liars Poker. Michael Lewis is as smart as the guys that bet short.

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Fascinating, Revealing, Wisdom...

It's not over yet... Get ready for the next volume. It started in the eighties... Escalated in the Nineties with a climax in the Naughtiest.

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The best financial reporting ever!

This was my first Michael Lewis book and I am new to the world of finance. Michael has an innate ability to explain complex terms in a wonderful story format. I highly recommend this book to anyone remotely interested in knowing the financial crisis of 2007 and finance world in general

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Flabbergasted

Narration is good. Story is interesting and shocking. Provides an insight into financial crisis which is a little sickening. You will not be a fan of wall street after this.

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Riveting

Like a blockbuster disaster movie for people who enjoy Planet Money. Fascinating characters and an epic scope.

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A must read or listen

Insightful and captivating. A story that will go down in history with the characters who played their role. An all inspiring tale.

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Awesome book, bugs in the app

This is a great book. however, the app did not show the chapters correctly. I found the app a bit annoying.

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Enjoyable story of disaster

A fascinating true story of the subprime crisis and Wall Street malfeasance. Leaves you with a distaste for what the US government did in bailing out the banks. They should have been allowed to fail with the cash and guarantees going to the savers instead of the speculators.

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Fascinating and boring

This story is incredible. I watched the film and thoroughly enjoyed the story, and so I wanted to get into more of the detail. However, it's a seriously detailed read and not so easy to follow the technical aspects. But enjoyable none the less -- especially having the characters from the film in my imagination.

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