Flash Boys by Michael Lewis

<b>Tells the story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistle blowers who tried to stop them.|Michael Lewis's global bestselling books lift the lid on the biggest stories of our times.</b><ul><li>They include Flash Boys, a game-changing exposé of high-speed scamming; The Big Short, which was made into a hit Oscar-winning film; Moneyball, the story of a maverick outsider who beat the system; and Liar's Poker, the book that defined the excesses of the 1980s</li><li>Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London School of Economics.|A beautiful narrative, so well-written</li><li>You've got to get this|Dazzling..</li><li>guaranteed to make blood boil..</li><li>riveting|Enthralling|Michael Lewis knows how to tell a story|This book has the potential to spark a cultural uprising </li><li></li><li></li><li>More than five years on from the Lehman collapse, Lewis has lit the touch paper on the mother of all debates about Wall Street and global finance|Compelling, a great yarn from beginning to end|When the stories of our times are told, there will be no more seminal documents than the books of Michael Lewis|Who knew high-frequency trading was such a sexy subject?|Michael Lewis is one of the premier chroniclers of our age|Michael Lewis is a genius, and his book will give high-frequency trading a much-needed turn under the microscope|Flash Boys is remarkable for its moral outrage as it reveals how high-frequency traders have hoodwinked both investors and the public </li><li></li><li></li><li>He is that rare beast: an insider who writes lucid, jargon-free prose and who never loses track of his ultimate responsibility to the story|Remarkable </li><li></li><li></li><li>Michael Lewis has a spellbinding talent for finding emotional dramas in complex, highly technical subjects|He tracks down the men who worked out what was going wrong and exposed it|Score one for the humans! Critics of high speed, computer-driven trading have a new champion|If you own stock, you need to read Flash Boys </li><li></li><li></li><li>and then call your broker|Important to public debate about Wall Street </li><li></li><li></li><li>in exposing what one of his central characters calls the 'Pandora's box of ridiculousness' that financial exchanges have become|I read Michael Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods</li><li>I'll never play like that</li><li>But it's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like|Probably the best current writer in America|'The greatest story of our age ..</li><li>Be very afraid' John Arlidge, Sunday TimesMichael Lewis's epic bestseller tells the outrageous story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistleblowers who tried to stop them</li><li>It's hilarious, terrifying and it's all true.'Thrilling, a masterclass' Robert McCrum, Observer, Books of the Year 'Jaw-dropping, astonishing ..</li><li>Lewis has lit the touch paper' Liam Halligan, Spectator'The kind of writer who creates his own weather system' John Lanchester, London Review of Books'I read Michael Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods</li><li>I'll never play like that</li><li>But it's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like' Malcolm Gladwell</li></ul> Tells the story of the multi-millionaires and whizz kids who scammed the banking system in the blink of an eye - and the whistle blowers who tried to stop them.