{"product_id":"ugly-americans-ben-mezrich-9780060575014","title":"Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions","description":"\u003cp\u003eBen Mezrich, author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eBringing Down the House\u003c\/em\u003e, returns with an astonishing story of Ivy League hedge-fund cowboys, high stakes, and the Asian underworld.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Malcolm was the ultimate gunslinger in the Wild East, prepared to take on any level of risk in making mind-boggling sums of money. He and his friends were hedge-fund cowboys, living life on the adrenaline-, sex-, and drugs-fueled edge--kids running billion-dollar portfolios, trading information in the back rooms of high-class brothels and at VIP tables in nightclubs across the Far East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalcolm and his Ivy League-schooled twenty-something colleagues, with their warped sense of morality, created their own economic theory that would culminate in a single deal the likes of which had never been seen before--or since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUgly Americans\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of extremes, charged with wealth, nerve, excess, and glamour. A real-life mixture of \u003cem\u003eLiar's Poker\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWall Street\u003c\/em\u003e, brimming with intense action, romance, underground sex, vivid locales, and exotic characters, \u003cem\u003eUgly Americans\u003c\/em\u003e is the untold true story that rocked the financial community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Mezrich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060575018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060575014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.32w x 0.72d","brand":"Ben Mezrich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994731839743,"sku":"9780060575014","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0dc59e7-5c9d-42b0-9403-74c82fe0738f.jpg?v=1683331862","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ugly-americans-ben-mezrich-9780060575014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}