Liar's Poker

Michael Lewis chronicles his experiences as a bond salesman at Salomon Brothers during the explosive financial boom of the 1980s. The memoir exposes the high risk culture, immense wealth, and aggressive trading strategies characteristic of Wall Street investment banking at the time. Through personal anecdotes, the author details how speculative trading and complex financial instruments shaped corporate boardrooms and market dynamics. The narrative provides an insider view of the competitive pressures and psychological motivations driving traders during an era of unprecedented financial transformation.

by Michael Lewis

W. W. Norton · First published 1989 · 310 pages