{"product_id":"the-big-short-michael-lewis-9780393072235","title":"The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine","description":"When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public knowledge in the fall of 2008, it was already old news. The real crash, the silent crash, had taken place over the previous year, in bizarre feeder markets where the sun doesn't shine, and the SEC doesn't dare, or bother, to tread: the bond and real estate derivative markets where geeks invent impenetrable securities to profit from the misery of lower- and middle-class Americans who can't pay their debts. The smart people who understood what was or might be happening were paralyzed by hope and fear; in any case, they weren't talking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The crucial question is this: Who understood the risk inherent in the assumption of ever-rising real estate prices, a risk compounded daily by the creation of those arcane, artificial securities loosely based on piles of doubtful mortgages? Michael Lewis turns the inquiry on its head to create a fresh, character-driven narrative brimming with indignation and dark humor, a fitting sequel to his #1 best-selling \u003cem\u003eLiar's Poker\u003c\/em\u003e. Who got it right? he asks. Who saw the real estate market for the black hole it would become, and eventually made billions of dollars from that perception? And what qualities of character made those few persist when their peers and colleagues dismissed them as Chicken Littles? Out of this handful of unlikely--really unlikely--heroes, Lewis fashions a story as compelling and unusual as any of his earlier bestsellers, proving yet again that he is the finest and funniest chronicler of our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393072231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393072235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.17h x 6.34w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert F. Kennedy Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2009 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/19\/2010 pg. 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2010 pg. 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/09\/2010 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/18\/2010 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/10\/2010 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/02\/2010 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/14\/2010 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/08\/2010 pg. 22","brand":"Michael Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050145673471,"sku":"9780393072235","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a59c6637-29e2-44c4-b28a-545a2aa31442.jpg?v=1685005491","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-big-short-michael-lewis-9780393072235","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}