Editions

Flash Boys

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780141981031

  • Length: 320  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 236g

  • RRP: £9.99

Flash Boys

Michael 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. It's hilarious, terrifying and it's all true.

'The greatest story of our age ... Be very afraid' John Arlidge, Sunday Times

'Thrilling, a masterclass' Robert McCrum, Observer, Books of the Year

'Jaw-dropping, astonishing ... 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. I'll never play like that. But it's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like' Malcolm Gladwell

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780141981031

  • Length: 320  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 236g

  • RRP: £9.99

Reviews

  • A beautiful narrative, so well-written. You've got to get this

    Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

  • Dazzling... guaranteed to make blood boil... riveting

    Janet Maslin, The New York Times

  • Enthralling

    John Naughton, Observer

  • Michael Lewis knows how to tell a story

    Vanity Fair

  • This book has the potential to spark a cultural uprising . . . 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

    Liam Halligan, Spectator

  • Compelling, a great yarn from beginning to end

    Daniel Finkelstein, The Times

  • When the stories of our times are told, there will be no more seminal documents than the books of Michael Lewis

    Guardian

  • Who knew high-frequency trading was such a sexy subject?

    Bloomberg Business Week

  • Michael Lewis is one of the premier chroniclers of our age

    Huffington Post

  • Michael Lewis is a genius, and his book will give high-frequency trading a much-needed turn under the microscope

    Kevin Roose, New York Magazine

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About the Author

Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis's global bestselling books lift the lid on the biggest stories of our times. 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. Michael Lewis was born in New Orleans and educated at Princeton University and the London School of Economics.

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Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis is a financial journalist and author. In this exclusive interview, he talks about writing Flash Boys, a thrilling exposé of high frequency traders in the finance industry.

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