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Summary: Manic and Hilarious, I laughed myself into tears
Review: "Bombardiers" is manic and funny. Po Bronson's novel about bond traders is a candid look into the "greasemen" of the financial system. It tells the story of a dysfunctional SF bond trading office. The office is a corporate meatgrinder churning out profits, making those crazy or tough enough to handle the stress rich, and crushing the rest. In the pressure cooker of the bond market, "when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro". If you're not a pro, you're fired. One day, a new salesman Eggs Igino fresh out of grad school arrives. He's like Jesus, and he changes everything. This book was so good, I read it in two days. At one point I had to put it down because I was laughing so hard tears were running down my cheeks. Bronson's prose is this weird melange of Joseph Heller and Hunter S. Thompson (in his early years). It's the ridiculous, mixed with base human emotions, and salted with the bizarre. While hilarious, Bronson's plot is a bit weak. He appears to be an author who derives more from the setting then the story. I had trouble sorting out the main character's (Igino) motives. Or maybe the main character was Sid Geeder? I couldn't be sure. In addition, his two female character's (Lisa Lisa and Sue Marino) were interchangeable. "Bombardiers" is a good read. It's got information, sex, absurdity, and cruel humor administered at an amphetamine charged pace. You won't put it down.
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Summary: The catch 22 of the information economy
Review: "It was an information economy, and its fundamental flaw was that information didn't have to be true to be sold. ... The economy continued to flourish, but it would have crashed if there had been a simple requirement that it be based on the truth. ... Every third worker in the information economy was a salesman of one sort or another. The economy hinged on the success in selling the next new thing." Po Bronson writes the 'Catch 22' novel of the bond market. His style will not appeal to everyone, and I found I prefer Bronson's non fiction. Indeed, he sometimes seems to change scene in mid paragraph. But the book is profound and, more important, funny.
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Summary: Manic and Hilarious, I laughed myself into tears
Review: "Bombardiers" is manic and funny. Po Bronson's novel about bond traders is a candid look into the "greasemen" of the financial system. It tells the story of a dysfunctional SF bond trading office. The office is a corporate meatgrinder churning out profits, making those crazy or tough enough to handle the stress rich, and crushing the rest. In the pressure cooker of the bond market, "when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro". If you're not a pro, you're fired. One day, a new salesman Eggs Igino fresh out of grad school arrives. He's like Jesus, and he changes everything. This book was so good, I read it in two days. At one point I had to put it down because I was laughing so hard tears were running down my cheeks. Bronson's prose is this weird melange of Joseph Heller and Hunter S. Thompson (in his early years). It's the ridiculous, mixed with base human emotions, and salted with the bizarre. While hilarious, Bronson's plot is a bit weak. He appears to be an author who derives more from the setting then the story. I had trouble sorting out the main character's (Igino) motives. Or maybe the main character was Sid Geeder? I couldn't be sure. In addition, his two female character's (Lisa Lisa and Sue Marino) were interchangeable. "Bombardiers" is a good read. It's got information, sex, absurdity, and cruel humor administered at an amphetamine charged pace. You won't put it down.
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Summary: bad...
Review: Bad writing, bad editing and bad plotting.
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Summary: For Cynics (or Investment Bankers) Only
Review: Bombardiers is one of the most amusing, satirical works on the financial markets. The biting wit is fantastic, but this work of black humor will be best apreciated by those who truly know the financial world
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Summary: best of bronson's so far
Review: Bombardiers is probably the best of Po Bronson's work to date, and definitely the funniest. Holds together much better than "First $20 Million" and is more intense than the stories in "Nudist". Sid Geeder is a great modern day hero who is much more human and humorous than Dilbert, though stuck in many similar situations. Scott Adams, eat your heart out.
Also read Bronson's "vison in the visible" article (under the Bombardiers section...)
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Summary: All-too-true mirror image of the modern corporation.
Review: Brilliantly relentless attack on the modern "value-added" clueless corporate manager who cannot lead, cannot follow and cannot get out of the way. Hilarious eye-witness description of the federal takedown of a shady investment bank is worth the price of the novel all by itself. I'd raise a mug with the likes of Sid Geeder, Eggs Inigo and Lisa Lisa anytime.
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Summary: A weak entry in the "i-bankers are evil" category
Review: Bronson comes across as an expert in derivatives, deriving most of his book from "Catch-22." I was really disappointed in this book; "Liar's Poker" is much better and I suspect more people would enjoy it. Of the two books combined, though, there is exactly one noble character--Michael Lewis. See you on the Street.
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Summary: Absolutely brilliant; a tour-de-force.
Review: Bronson grabs you like Joseph Heller in Catch 22 and doesn't let go. You want to make a million dollars in the stock market? Read this first, and give yourself a sanity check. Great sense of humor and character.
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Summary: Don't waste your time.
Review: Find something better to read, friends; enjoyment, pleasure
and anything that makes any book good is not to be found here.
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