Liar's Poker "in the name of God

"in the name of God

is captured by the Germans

" -Ron Howard

just as fundamentalist interpretation has centered on the question of the appropriateness of reading it as literally true

1941: Best friends Frank and Stanley have it good

Liar's Poker "in the name of GodMichael Lewis was fresh out of Princeton and the London School of Economics when he landed a job at Salomon Brothers, one of Wall Street's premier investment firms. During the next three years, Lewis rose from callow trainee to bond salesman, raking in millions for the firm and cashing in on a modern day gold rush. Liar's Poker is the culmination of those heady, frenzied years a behind the scenes look at a unique and turbulent time in American