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  • Liar's Poker

  • RIsing Through the Wreckage on Wall Street
  • By: Michael Lewis
  • Narrated by: Michael Lewis
  • Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (107 ratings)

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Liar's Poker

By: Michael Lewis
Narrated by: Michael Lewis
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Publisher's Summary

The classic Michael Lewis book that defined an era of greed, gluttony, and outrageous fortune, available for the first time unabridged and read by the author. 

In 1986, before Michael Lewis became the best-selling author of The Big Short, Moneyball, and Flash Boys, he landed a job at Salomon Brothers, one of Wall Street’s premier investment firms. 

During the next three years, Lewis rose from callow trainee to New York- and London-based bond salesman, raking in millions for the firm and cashing in on a modern-day gold rush. Liar’s Poker is the culmination of those heady, frenzied years - a behind-the-scenes look at a unique and turbulent time in American business. This new audio edition, produced by the same team that produces his number one podcast Against the Rules, is unabridged, read by the author, and features archival news clips from the era, original scoring and sound effects, as well as a bonus episode from the companion podcast. 

From the frat-boy camaraderie of the 41st-floor trading room to the killer instinct that made ambitious young men gamble everything on a high-stakes game of bluffing and deception, Liar’s Poker is both “the funniest book on Wall Street I’ve ever read” (Tom Wolfe) and the launchpad for Michael Lewis’ storied career.

©1989 Michael Lewis (P)2022 Pushkin Industries

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Loved the new edition

Fast paced story of the bond market in the 80s. Authentic and interesting. The new enhanced audio adds some fun touches. Recommended.

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Great to revisit

I read the book many ago and highly recommend going back to it again to hear Michael Lewis read it.

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Excellent

Essential reading for anyone considering going into finance or buying anything from an investment bank

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Good

Michael Lewis does a good job at narrating, I like the touch of adding some music.

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After 30 yrs we finally hear Lewis read his story

I’d read Michael Lewis’ Liars Poker many many years ago. Recently it turned up on Audible finally being read by the author. Whilst he’s 30 years older, he reads like the events only just happened to him. Great story well told.

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