Flash Boys
Mar 2014 · Penguin UK
4.1star
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'The greatest story of our age ... Be very afraid' John Arlidge, Sunday Times
Michael Lewis's epic bestseller tells the outrageous story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistleblowers who tried to stop them. It's hilarious, terrifying and it's all true.
'Thrilling, a masterclass' Robert McCrum, Observer, Books of the Year
'Jaw-dropping, astonishing ... Lewis has lit the touch paper' Liam Halligan, Spectator
'The kind of writer who creates his own weather system' John Lanchester, London Review of Books
'I read Michael Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. I'll never play like that. But it's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like' Malcolm Gladwell
Michael Lewis's epic bestseller tells the outrageous story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistleblowers who tried to stop them. It's hilarious, terrifying and it's all true.
'Thrilling, a masterclass' Robert McCrum, Observer, Books of the Year
'Jaw-dropping, astonishing ... Lewis has lit the touch paper' Liam Halligan, Spectator
'The kind of writer who creates his own weather system' John Lanchester, London Review of Books
'I read Michael Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. I'll never play like that. But it's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like' Malcolm Gladwell
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4.1
319 reviews
Eran Messeri
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May 12, 2014
This book does describe the basics of HFT and its adverse effects on the market. It would have been more suitable as a long-ish article for a magazine. There are no in-depth explanations of either the technical or the financial sides, so to fill a book a lot of personal stories are used. These simply derail the book from the topic.
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Marianne Kelly
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January 17, 2015
Lewis writes so lucidly about the highly complex frequent trading market, that even I could understand it - all, albeit an ex-markets professional. I left the morally bankrupt City in 201, after 20 years. It's great to hear that the hero of this book: Brad Katsuyama is trying to straighten out that tarnished reputation of the financial markets and the casino banks.
6 people found this review helpful
Petros G. Sideris
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August 7, 2018
This book is in the same style as the Big Short, only difference is that in
this case there's no crime being committed. Characters seem to be very
similar to the ones in the Big Short. Full of platitudes and harkened
stereotypes.
4 people found this review helpful
About the author
Michael Lewis's global bestselling books lift the lid on the biggest stories of our times. They include Flash Boys, a game-changing exposé of high-speed scamming; The Big Short, which was made into a hit Oscar-winning film; Moneyball, the story of a maverick outsider who beat the system; and Liar's Poker, the book that defined the excesses of the 1980s. Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London School of Economics.
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