The Big Short, English edition

Michael Lewis, Jahrgang 1960, ist Wirtschaftsjournalist Autor von zahlreichen Sachbüchern. Er hat Abschlüsse von der Princeton University und der London School of Economics. Seine Erfahrungen als Investmentbanker verarbeitete er 1989 in seinem ersten Buch. Zahlreiche weitere Bestseller aus der Finanzszene und der Welt des Sports folgten. Lewis lebt mit seiner Frau und seinen drei Kindern in Berkeley, Kalifornien.

There aren't many reasons to be happy about the global financial crisis, but here's one: that it brought Michael Lewis back to his roots, to produce what is probably the single best piece of financial journalism ever written -- Felix Salmon Reuters Each chapter is full of the kind of dialogue you do not hear even in the best-written Hollywood films ... Lewis is back -- John Arlidge Sunday Times No one writes with more narrative panache about money and finance than Mr. Lewis -- Michiko Kakutani New York Times Hugely entertaining Economist If you read only one book about the causes of the recent financial crisis, let it be Michael Lewis's, The Big Short -- Steven Pearlstein Washington Post The Big Short is superb: Michael Lewis doing what he does best, illuminating the idiocy, madness and greed of modern finance ... But what truly sets Michael Lewis apart from other writers is his craft ... the end result is devastating Salon Eagerly anticipated ... A triumph ... Lewis builds the tension of this tug-of-war expertly, so much so that The Big Short reads like a thriller -- Antonia Senior Times Lewis creates magnificent financial set-pieces -- James Buchan Guardian Lewis is hugely entertaining ... a terrifying story, superbly well told -- David Flusfeder Daily Telegraph