The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Michael Lewis
THE OUTRAGEOUS NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, NOW AN OSCAR- AND BAFTA-WINNING FILM
From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, The Big Short, Michael Lewis's No.1 bestseller, tells the story of the misfits, renegades and visionaries who saw that the biggest credit bubble of all time was about to burst, bet against the banking system - and made a killing.
'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' Sunday Times
'Magnificent ... a perfect storm of brilliant writer meeting big subject' Guardian
'A triumph ... riveting ... The Big Short reads like a thriller' The Times
'A terrifying story, superbly well told' Daily Telegraph
'A rollicking good yarn' Financial Times
'Probably the single best piece of financial journalism ever written' Reuters
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Reviews for The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
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