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Summary: Walk a mile in the shoes....
Review: I found this book to be a great experience in living the life of a bond trader through the gigantic boom of the 80's. It really gave you the sense of what it was like to be there, from typical conversations to real issues, ideas, and even mistakes that arose during the course of a typical stint at a bond traders desk. Lewis pulls you and keeps you there.
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Summary: A MUST READ
Review: I am currently in a fixed income program just as Lewis describes. His insight and description of the attitudes and personalities in I-Banking are dead on and haven't changed a bit in 20 years!
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Summary: Gripping yet entertaining narrative
Review: Liar's Poker is a fascinating and fun account of the world of bond trading. Though it gets to be a bit of drag towards the end. The book also explains why most of the investment bankers are shying away from proprietary bond trading these days. Wish somebody would do a similar job on the equities market.
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Summary: Accurate and entertaining
Review: I've been there and done that. But equities not fixed income. Still, many pals on fixed side of Street. Lewis's book is a gem! So honest it hurts... Solly, Drexel, Kidder.... and now just in '99 Merriweather's bail-out again. Most important is that this guy is a wonderful writer: insightful, great style, shocking accuracy. Recommend highly.
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Summary: Trading on Wall Street in the Eighties
Review: Fascinating and entertaining look into the life of a trader at Saloman Brothers during the eighties. Most books about Wall Street seem dry and uninteresting to the outsider but Lewis has presented a humorous and enlightening story that you just can't put down. If you are at all curious as to what goes on inside Wall Street you must read this book.
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Summary: Rise Through the Wreckage
Review: Though Liar's Poker was written roughly a decade ago and Wall Street has changed somewhat since then, it is still a humorous and pertinent read. Lewis' prose flows well and pauses occasionally to bring his reader historically up to date. As a memoir, it is the only one I've found that truly takes you into the mind and life of a Wall Street trader. Perhaps it is time for someone to write about the late 90's equivalent of the hotshot Lewis...the Wall Street Research Analyst.
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Summary: Funny and informative
Review: The book is hilarious. It's still one of my favorite gifts for friends in school or starting out in the business. Some people don't like the middle of the book, which is a bit of a history lesson. But the history lesson is a good one and should be be compared to in the industry today for those who are in the business. The beginning and the end are hilarious
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Summary: Could not put it down.
Review: As business non-fiction goes, this is just as crisply written and lucid as "Barbarians at the Gate." Makes what would seem boring, rather engrossing.
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Summary: A Great Read
Review: What a great read. A friend of mine recommended this to me and I can say that it certainly was a refreshing read.This book tells you about some of the influential people who shaped Salomon Brothers and Wall St in the eighties. I never realised the history that went with Salomon Brothers. The style is great and I can really identify with the author's early years going through the stages of obtaining and starting a job. Some of the characters in the book are hilarious, you can only just believe they are real. Only one complaint: sometimes the author goes on for quite a long time with his history e.g. the history of junk bonds and the history of various people in SB. I only wish that there was more about the author's story. Only one gripe though, and it can't prevent this from being a 5 star book. Buy it now! Thanks to the book, I am now constantly searching for books like this but this is the only one I have found recounting the story of a salesman as opposed to a trader.
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: How boring, a book on bond trading, I thought when someone gave me this book for a gift. Thanks a lot (grrrr)! But, boy, was I happy to have been given this book after I started it. It is riveting, hilarious, educational, insightful. Lewis is utterly a disciple of Tom Wolfe's, and he almost does Tom Wolfe better than Tom Wolfe does, and that is a total compliment. While Wolfe has disappointed with his fiction writing, we can be grateful that we have Lewis to turn to for brilliant nonfiction, now that Wolfe isn't producing any (other than the occasional article in FYI). I even read LIAR'S POKER twice. The sign of a truly wonderful writer, is one who can write about something seemingly boring, and make it riveting. Lewis pulls that off here.
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