The enormously engaging story of Lewis' surreal and frantic three-year career as a bond trader at Salomon Bros. in the late-'80s "greed is good" era.
He deftly captures the frathouse atmosphere of the trading floor, as well as the energy and eccentricities of some of the biggest players in the biz. An instant classic.
Lesson: Making money on Wall Street is very much like making sausages, minus the dangers of trichinosis.
