Liar’s Poker.
LEWIS, Michael.
Liar’s Poker.
“Those who know don't tell and those who tell don't know": Michael Lewis' Liar's Poker; Warmly Inscribed by Him
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989.
$1,500.00
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Item Number: 151214
First edition, early printing of the author’s classic first book. Octavo, original half cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Kathleen Thanks for the interview! Michael Lewis.” Fine in a near fineprice-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Andrew M. Newman Graphic Design Inc. Jacket illustration by Vint Lawrence. An exceptional example.
As described by Lewis, liar's poker is a game played in idle moments by workers on Wall Street, the objective of which is to reward trickery and deceit. With this as a metaphor, Lewis describes his four years with the Wall Street firm Salomon Brothers, from his bizarre hiring through the training program to his years as a successful bond trader. Lewis illustrates how economic decisions made at the national level changed securities markets and made bonds the most lucrative game on the Street. His description of the firm's personalities and of the events from 1984 through the crash of October 1987 are vivid and memorable. “So memorable and alive . . . one of those rare works that encapsulate and define an era” (Fortune).
