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The time was the 1980s The place was Wall Street The game was called Liars Poker Michael Lewis was fresh out of Princeton and the London School of Economics when he landed a job at Salomon Brothers one of Wall Streets premier investment firms During the next three years Lewis rose from callow trainee to bond salesman raking in millions for the firm and cashing in on a modernday gold rushLiars Poker is the culmination of those heady frenzied yearsa behindthescenes look at a unique and turbulent time in American business From the fratboy camaraderie of the fortyfirstfloor trading room to the killer instinct that made ambitious young men gamble everything on a highstakes game of bluffing and deception here is Michael Lewiss knowing and hilarious insiders account of an unprecedented era of greed gluttony and outrageous fortune

First Edition/Later Printing (8th); A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket, with only a lightly bumped spine foot, else as new and unread. A pristine copy of this surprisingly funny look at the pitfalls of making it on Wall Street. An opportunity to own a first edition without the first printing price tag! Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a fresh Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box.