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The Spider Network: The Wild Story Of A Maths Genius, A Gang Of Backstabbing Bankers, And One Of The Greatest Scams In Financial HistoryStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionShortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year! Reviews"will snare you in its web of deceit, lies, corruption, manipulation and colourful characters. [a] brilliant investigative expose" Harlan Coben, bestselling thriller author "supremely gripping ... a thrilling tour de force of reporting, revelation and reasoning ... unmissable" Iain Martin, bestselling author of MAKING IT HAPPEN: FRED GOODWIN, RBS AND THE MEN WHO BLEW UP THE BRITISH ECONOMY "An incredibly entertaining, globe-straddling inside account of how one trader turbocharged a greedy cabal that scammed savers and borrowers everywhere. A must read if you want to understand how big banks and traders really work" Marcus Brauchli, former Executive Editor of the Washington Post and Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal "Equally entertaining and illuminating ... Enrich's brilliant depiction ... owes to deep reporting, deft writing, and a nuanced approach that characterizes the entire book... First-rate." John Helyar, bestselling author of BARBARIANS AT THE GATE "how did a socially awkward English math whiz mastermind manipulation of lending rates on a global scale? And was Tom Hayes truly the mastermind, or just a cog in a corrupt banking system? In David Enrich's gripping tale, the characters have nicknames worthy of the Mafia, and their ethical compasses aren't much better" Paul Ingrassia, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of CRASH COURSE Author descriptionDAVID ENRICH is the Financial Enterprise Editor of the Wall Street Journal, heading an elite investigative unit at the paper. His coverage of the Libor scandal, based partly on years of secret access to Tom Hayes and his family, won the Gerald Loeb Award for feature writing in 2016. |