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Summary: Smart, Irreverent, - Real!
Review: This is a great story of how the real Wall Street was operating throughout the late 80s and throughout the maniacal 90s. Kessler is able to write an entertaining story that connects Boesky to Jim Clark to Ebbers. You can pick up any newspaper today and read about the types of misbehavior that Kessler describes in great detail in this book. One of the most fascinating points that Kessler makes, is that despite all the wrong doing (insider trading, ignoring the Chinese Wall, IPO hand outs, tainted research, etc), everyone knew they were breaking the rules, but in order to make more money, they had to be responsible for more banking business. As a result, every analyst, trader, banker, and VC became a ... to "the deal."This is a quick read, but it is entertaining and well-written. The characters you have come know and despise are well-developed and described in great detail, sometimes sympathetically. You will forever remember this book each and every time your hear the names Blodgett, Quattrone, Grubman and Meeker.
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