Ugly Americans
By Ben Mezrich
- Release Date: 2009-10-13
- Genre: Economics
Description
Ben Mezrich, author of the New York Times bestseller Bringing Down the House, returns with an astonishing story of Ivy League hedge-fund cowboys, high stakes, and the Asian underworld.
John Malcolm was the ultimate gunslinger in the Wild East, prepared to take on any level of risk in making mind-boggling sums of money. He and his friends were hedge-fund cowboys, living life on the adrenaline-, sex-, and drugs-fueled edge—kids running billion-dollar portfolios, trading information in the back rooms of high-class brothels and at VIP tables in nightclubs across the Far East.
Malcolm and his Ivy League-schooled twenty-something colleagues, with their warped sense of morality, created their own economic theory that would culminate in a single deal the likes of which had never been seen before—or since.
Ugly Americans is a story of extremes, charged with wealth, nerve, excess, and glamour. A real-life mixture of Liar's Poker and Wall Street, brimming with intense action, romance, underground sex, vivid locales, and exotic characters, Ugly Americans is the untold true story that rocked the financial community.
Reviews
Excellent read
5By Aldo BenderI was in Japan around the same time (in the music biz) and can tell you this book rings very true. It was a wild time to be there...Can't put it down
5By Rain506This was a great read and kept me wanting to know more til the very end. His development of characters is so unique, you feel like you know them by books end..Ugly Americans
5By PanlboyExcellent book for anyone interested in the world of expat traders that make millions of dollars and get lots of slay.