Too Big to Fail

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He has done a remarkable job in producing a lively account that will be hard for subsequent authors to beat * Gillian Tett, FT * As close to a definitive account as we are likely to get * Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times * Andrew Ross Sorkin has written a fascinating, scene-by-scene saga of the eyeless trying to march the clueless through Great Depression II * Tom Wolfe * Andrew Ross Sorkin pens what may be the definitive history of the banking crisis * The Atlantic Monthly * Sorkin has succeeded in writing the book of the crisis, with amazing levels of detail and access * Reuters * Too good to put down . . . It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in 80 years, and it is told brilliantly . . . It is hard to imagine them being this riveting * Economist * Sorkin can write. His storytelling makes Liar's Poker look like a children's book * SNL Financial * The most readable and exciting report of the events surrounding the Lehman collapse that we have seen . . . impeccably sourced * Edmund Conway, Daily Telegraph * The sense of being in the meeting rooms as hitherto all-conquering alpha male egos fight for their reputations, as their and our world judders, is palpable * Chris Blackhurst, Evening Standard * Surpassed its rivals with its depth, range of reporting and high quality analysis * Stefan Stern, FT *