Inside/Out : An Insider's Account of Wall Street

Rating:
Summary: Interesting Read, But Highly Biased
Review: I read this book before reading "Den of Thieves". I would really love to know what has happened to the author since publication. I found the book very interesting even though I found the author unrepentant and heavily biased in his interpretation of actual events (read "Den of Thieves"). Seems as though Levine wrote the book to mainly make amends to his wife and to convince readers of his own importance. However, I do tend to believe Levine's descriptions of the behind-the-scenes investment world.

Rating:
Summary: Interesting Read, But Highly Biased
Review: I read this book before reading "Den of Thieves". I would really love to know what has happened to the author since publication. I found the book very interesting even though I found the author unrepentant and heavily biased in his interpretation of actual events (read "Den of Thieves"). Seems as though Levine wrote the book to mainly make amends to his wife and to convince readers of his own importance. However, I do tend to believe Levine's descriptions of the behind-the-scenes investment world.

Rating:
Summary: Better Books Out There
Review: What happens when someone with the ego the size of New York gets a book contract? Read this book and find out. This guy is amassing, the book details out his make and break it life in Wall Street and is more of an additional way for him to continue pumping up his ego. There are promises of his wheeling and dealing details and how he was one of the majors in the Junk Bond and M & A scene of he 80's, but once you read the book it seams more like he was always looking in the window at the real players. Sure he was a crook, but not the top level, more of an upper middle management kind of guy. Overall the book does not really give you much new info, it really is just a description of this arrogant fat cat that wanted the world to treat him like a king. I would suggest you not be an enabler to his egomania and move past this book. If you are interested in this topic then I would suggest you also read "Den of Thieves" and "Predator's Ball", both of which cover the 80's M&A and Junk Bond world. To get a better understanding of KKR, I would suggest "Masters of Debit". They are much better books then this one.

Rating:
Summary: Better Books Out There
Review: What happens when someone with the ego the size of New York gets a book contract? Read this book and find out. This guy is amassing, the book details out his make and break it life in Wall Street and is more of an additional way for him to continue pumping up his ego. There are promises of his wheeling and dealing details and how he was one of the majors in the Junk Bond and M & A scene of he 80's, but once you read the book it seams more like he was always looking in the window at the real players. Sure he was a crook, but not the top level, more of an upper middle management kind of guy. Overall the book does not really give you much new info, it really is just a description of this arrogant fat cat that wanted the world to treat him like a king. I would suggest you not be an enabler to his egomania and move past this book. If you are interested in this topic then I would suggest you also read "Den of Thieves" and "Predator's Ball", both of which cover the 80's M&A and Junk Bond world. To get a better understanding of KKR, I would suggest "Masters of Debit". They are much better books then this one.