{"product_id":"9780060575014","title":"Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMezrich, Ben\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWilliam Morrow Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\/26\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Mezrich, author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eBringing Down the House\u003c\/em\u003e, returns with an astonishing story of Ivy League hedge-fund cowboys, high stakes, and the Asian underworld.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Malcolm was the ultimate gunslinger in the Wild East, prepared to take on any level of risk in making mind-boggling sums of money. He and his friends were hedge-fund cowboys, living life on the adrenaline-, sex-, and drugs-fueled edge—kids running billion-dollar portfolios, trading information in the back rooms of high-class brothels and at VIP tables in nightclubs across the Far East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalcolm and his Ivy League-schooled twenty-something colleagues, with their warped sense of morality, created their own economic theory that would culminate in a single deal the likes of which had never been seen before—or since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUgly Americans\u003c\/em\u003e is a story of extremes, charged with wealth, nerve, excess, and glamour. A real-life mixture of \u003cem\u003eLiar's Poker\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWall Street\u003c\/em\u003e, brimming with intense action, romance, underground sex, vivid locales, and exotic characters, \u003cem\u003eUgly Americans\u003c\/em\u003e is the untold true story that rocked the financial community.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46859268555007,"sku":"9780060575014","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780060575014_s600x595.jpg?v=1779895072","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780060575014","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}