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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “A thrilling novel that exposes the clandestine life of those involved in the trading business and the main character, a young middle class Italian American who attends various Ivy League Universities and is first recruited as an average white collar worker at Merril Lynch. He soon catches the eye...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “This book is more concerned with materialistic pleasures that Dubai can buy you than any details about oil trading. Readers looking for a name-dropping account of cars, clubs, penthouses and business class lounges will not be disappointed. Anything else and stay away.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Much like "Bringing Down The House", I see this being made into a movie.”
Michael T wrote this review Sunday, July 3, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Smooth and easy reading. This is the second non-fiction book in a row that I've read that feels like I'm reading a movie. It is so surreal that I have to keep reminding myself that this actually happened. Young good looking Italian guy from a poor background graduates from Harvard Business School after attending Oxford and starts working at the NY Mercantile Exchange where commodities like crude oil are traded. Within weeks he is thrust into the world of the global oil industry, meeting in lavish locations like Dubai and Geneva swinging what could be a historic change in the financial and geopolitical world.”
Kenn S wrote this review Saturday, May 21, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A good look at commodities trading and how much money there is to be made. As with all of Mezrich's books it was a good read.”
Cherper wrote this review Tuesday, March 8, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“this book is about a an italian american from brooklyn who ends up getting lucky and lands a job at the merc exchange. the merc exchange is an oil trading building like a stock exchange except they only trade in crude oil. after on a few months working there he mysteriously gets promoted to vice president much to the dismay of the other co-workers. shortly after his promotion he recieves ticket on emirate airlines to dubai where he meets the nephew of a sheik who has big plans for the merc exchange....
kyle s wrote this review Wednesday, February 9, 2011. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
i really enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading about people who make and lose hundred of thousands of dollars just in a couple of hours. young people spending a quarter million on a night out on champagne and other shinanigans or shady deals taking place. overall its worth a read especially if you live in dubai.”“This book is more concerned with materialistic pleasures that Dubai can buy you than any details about oil trading. Readers looking for a name-dropping account of cars, clubs, penthouses and business class lounges will not be disappointed. Anything else and stay away.”
Ishaan H wrote this review Thursday, November 25, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“HBS, Ivy League, Startup, Entrepreneurial, Wall Street”
Matthew R wrote this review Tuesday, November 16, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Started to read this but then had to return it - would like to go back to it.”
Lesley B wrote this review Thursday, September 9, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“fast, glamorous and all things dropped into place style setting from the right school to the right timing of meeting the right kind of people up the ladder of the rich and famous and successful.”
tan c wrote this review Friday, August 13, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Another captivating Mezrich novel, how he finds such interesting source material is beyond me. ”
Kevin W wrote this review Friday, July 23, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
