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This rip-the-lid-off account of the bond-dealing brouhaha is the work of a real-life bond salesman.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'So memorable and alive . . . one of those rare works that encapsulate and define an era.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'The funniest book on Wall Street I've ever read.'\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Wolfe\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Wickedly funny'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '\u003cb\u003eHilarious\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/michael-lewis-books\"\u003eMichael Lewis\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Biography \u0026amp; memoir, Business\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hodder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780340839966\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lewis, Michael","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £1.85","offer_id":47982084849841,"sku":"SB-0340839961-C2","price":1.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0340839961.jpg?v=1790460395"},{"product_id":"home-game-an-accidental-guide-to-fatherhood","title":"Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eA story of raging egos, brutal power struggles and fraught decision making, from the bestselling author of Liar's Poker, Michael Lewis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHome Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood is probably the most brazenly honest and wickedly funny book about parenting ever written. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Lewis thought he'd seen it all. He'd worked in the city. He knew how to deal with the worst excesses of human behaviour. He had cojones. Right? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWrong. He was about to become a father: 'If you remembered what new parenthood was actually like you wouldn't go around lying to people about how wonderful it is, and you certainly wouldn't ever do it twice.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere Lewis reveals his own unique take on new-found paternity: from discovering your three-year-old loves swearing to the ethics of taking your offspring gambling at the races, from toilet-training to the inevitable tantrums - of both parent and child - and the gradual realization that, despite everything, he's becoming hooked: 'I know for a fact that my children are insane. Or, at any rate, I know that if an adult behaved as my children do, he would be institutionalized. Is it possible that they are contagious?' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Lewis is the finest storyteller of our generation' Malcolm Gladwell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/michael-lewis-books\"\u003eMichael Lewis\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fatherhood, Humour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780141043197\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lewis, Michael","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £2.02","offer_id":48007931756721,"sku":"SB-0141043199-C3","price":2.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0141043199.jpg?v=1791335485"}],"url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/collections\/michael-lewis-books.oembed","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}