{"product_id":"belly-up-phillip-l-zweig-9780449902059","title":"Belly Up: The Collapse of the Penn Square Bank","description":"No economist could have predicted that the Penn Square Bank, a small, obscure lender in an Oklahoma shopping mall, would become the instigator of a financial charade that would see billions of dollars in loans made on the basis of imaginary oil and natural gas reserves--just as a worldwide oil glut and the repeal of regulatory gas laws were about to pull the rug from under the Oklahoma energy boom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBelly Up\u003c\/i\u003e tells this amazing true story with brilliant reporting, delicious detail, and an unbelievable yet all-too-real cast of characters, from the young geologist who convinced banks to invest \u003ci\u003elots\u003c\/i\u003e of money in a huge new source of natural gas to the banker who became notorious for lending money to every con artist and wildcatter with a lease, a rig, and a dream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBelly Up\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eBelly Up\u003c\/i\u003e merits a slot on any investor's literary shelf as surely as it does a Pulitzer Prize \"\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Investigative reporting at its best.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phillip L. Zweig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0449902056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449902059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/1986","brand":"Phillip L. Zweig","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992993661183,"sku":"9780449902059","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a0597ca-64cc-46c7-92a0-2f157061814a.jpg?v=1683321932","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/belly-up-phillip-l-zweig-9780449902059","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}