First published 1989
Aspiring art historian Michael Lewis stumbles into the brutal world of bond trading at Salomon Brothers. As a "Geek" on the floor, he witnesses the jaw-dropping excess, gross jokes, and high-stakes gamesmanship of the top "Big Swinging Dicks." Charting his rapid rise from trainee to hotshot salesman, Lewis blows the lid off the greed, ambition, and sheer insanity driving America's leveraged financial revolution.
Genres: business, sociology, non-fiction, finance
Vibes: fast-paced, gritty, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, insider-perspective
Setting: United States, États-Unis
249 pages · Hardcover · W W Norton & Co Inc