Losers
Michael Lewis is a master at dissecting the absurd: after skewering Wall Street in his national bestseller Liar's Poker, he packed his mighty pen and set out on the 1996 campaign trail. As he follows the men who aspire to the Oval Office, Lewis discovers an absurd mix of bravery and backpedaling, heroic possibility and mealy-mouthed sound bytes, and a process so ridiculous and unsavory that it leaves him wondering if everyone involved-from the journalists to the candidates to the people who voted-isn't ultimately a loser.The contenders: Pat Buchanan: becomes the first politician ever to choose a black hat over a white one.Phil Gramm: spends…
Mehr
CHF 18.70
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-307-42668-0
- EAN: 9780307426680
- Produktnummer: 15736705
- Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'712 KB
Über den Autor
Michael Lewis pursued a career on Wall Street for several years until he left to write a book about it-Liar's Poker. He is also the author of The Money Culture and The New New Thing. A regular columnist for The New York Times Magazine, he has been a senior editor at The New Republic, as well as the American editor of The Spectator. He grew up in New Orleans and now lives in Paris, France.
100 weitere Werke von Michael Lewis:
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Movie Tie-in Editions)
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 18.70
Bewertungen
Anmelden