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Not since Liar’s Poker has a book brought the trading floor into such vivid, boisterous life. This gritty coming-of-age memoir traces how a young trader uses his grasp of how inequality drives world markets—and street smarts gleaned from a hard-knock childhood in East London—to make his fortune, nearly losing his mind and his soul in the process. It’s a switchblade-sharp exposé of the wealth-making factories of modern finance and the culture that runs them.
— Diana B. Henriques, bestselling author of The Wizard of Lies and Taming the Street
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An incredibly important and timely book, very much of its era. The Wolf of Wall Street with a moral compass, The Trading Game lays bare the spiritual vacuity of the systems and processes that both dominate and reduce our humanity.
— Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting
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The Trading Game is the best finance memoir I’ve ever read.Gary Stevenson’s tale of plundering Wall Street like some kind of cockney pirate is by turn hilarious and harrowing. A thrilling read that raises profound questions about who runs the global financial system.
— Zeke Faux, author of Number Go Up
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Not since Liar’s Poker has a book brought the trading floor into such vivid, boisterous life. This gritty coming-of-age memoir traces how a young trader uses his grasp of how inequality drives world markets—and street smarts gleaned from a hard-knock childhood in East London—to make his fortune, nearly losing his mind and his soul in the process. It’s a switchblade-sharp exposé of the wealth-making factories of modern finance and the culture that runs them.
— Diana B. Henriques, bestselling author of The Wizard of Lies and Taming the Street
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An incredibly important and timely book, very much of its era. The Wolf of Wall Street with a moral compass, The Trading Game lays bare the spiritual vacuity of the systems and processes that both dominate and reduce our humanity.
— Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting
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The Trading Game is the best finance memoir I’ve ever read. Gary Stevenson’s tale of plundering Wall Street like some kind of cockney pirate is by turns hilarious and harrowing. . . . A thrilling read that raises profound questions about who runs the global financial system.
— Zeke Faux, author of Number Go Up
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An incredibly important and timely book, very much of its era . . . The Wolf of Wall Street with a moral compass, The Trading Game lays bare the spiritual vacuity of the systems and processes that both dominate and reduce our humanity.
— Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting
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A thrilling story of high finance—and its low points . . . Gary Stevenson captures what really happens on the trading floor, and he does it with a vivid and original voice and a ton of style.
— Matt Levine, Bloomberg Money Stuff columnist
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Not since Liar’s Poker has a book brought the trading floor into such vivid, boisterous life. . . . A switchblade-sharp exposé of the wealth-making factories of modern finance.
— Diana B. Henriques, author of The Wizard of Lies and Taming the Street
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The best finance memoir I’ve ever read. Stevenson’s tale of plundering Wall Street like some kind of cockney pirate is by turns hilarious and harrowing.
— Zeke Faux, author of Number Go Up
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Compelling, intensely readable, unsettling . . . an unforgettable story of greed, financial madness, and moral decay.
— Rory Stewart, author of How Not to Be a Politician
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Astonishing, enraging, extremely funny, and exquisitely sad.
— The Secret Barrister
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The Trading Game is the best finance memoir I’ve ever read. Gary Stevenson’s tale of plundering Wall Street like some kind of cockney pirate is by turns hilarious and harrowing. . . . A thrilling read that raises profound questions about who runs the global financial system.
— Zeke Faux, author of Number Go Up
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A thrilling story of high finance—and its low points. Stevenson captures what really happens on the trading floor, and he does it with a vivid and original voice and a ton of style.
— Matt Levine, Bloomberg “Money Stuff” columnist
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Astonishing, enraging, extremely funny and exquisitely sad—a magnificent exposé of the ‘masters of the universe’ whose greed imperils us all. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.
— The Secret Barrister
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Compelling, intensely readable, unsettling. An unforgettable story of greed, financial madness, and moral decay.
— Rory Stewart, author of How Not to Be a Politician
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Gary Stevenson’s book is a rare parable of empathy overtaking greed. It’s also an absolute page-turner, one you will close with more wisdom and compassion than when you opened it.
— Andy Dunn, bestselling author of Burn Rate
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A rollicking read . . . Stevenson gives the clearest account I’ve ever read of how trading desks really work, how they’re lubricated by inter-dealer brokers, and how hard banks make it to quit.
— Felix Salmon, Axios
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Astonishing, enraging, extremely funny, and exquisitely sad.
— The Secret Barrister
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Incisive and often humorous . . . an enlightening and frequently infuriating peek into the world of high finance.
— Publishers Weekly
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A British master of finance shows how the world of investment and trading isn’t so far removed from organized crime. . . . a story he relates with considerable panache. A warning to would-be Wall Streeters that while the money is good, it can come at the expense of your soul.
— Kirkus Reviews
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A rollicking read . . . Stevenson gives the clearest account I've ever read of how trading desks really work, how they're lubricated by inter-dealer brokers, and how hard banks make it to quit.
— Felix Salmon, Axios
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Incisive and often humorous . . . An enlightening and frequently infuriating peek into the world of high finance.
— Publishers Weekly
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A British master of finance shows how the world of investment and trading isn’t so far removed from organized crime . . . A story he relates with considerable panache. A warning to would-be Wall Streeters that while the money is good, it can come at the expense of your soul.
— Kirkus Reviews