num_pages: 291
description: The #1 New York Times bestseller: It is the work of our greatest financial journalist at the top of his game. And it's essential reading.Graydon Carter Vanity FairThe real story of the crash began in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine and the SEC doesn't dare or bother to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can't pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case they weren't talking.Michael Lewis creates a fresh character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor a fitting sequel to his #1 bestseller Liar's Poker. Out of a handful of unlikely-really unlikely-heroes Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier bestsellers proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our time.
language: English
title: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company