Episode · The Book Review · 2018-09-07
Books mentioned on The Most Secretly Interesting Place in America
Gilbert Cruz discussed The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, Lake Success by Gary Shteyngart, Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin, The Spider Network by David Enrich, and Little failure by Gary Shteyngart. Andrew Ross Sorkin recommended Bad Blood by John Carreyrou, Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart, Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and others, and The Informant by Kurt Eichenwald. David Enrich recommended When Genius Failed by Roger Lowenstein. Alexandra Alter discussed Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward. Parul Sehgal discussed CoDex 1962.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe is a satirical novel chronicling ambition, greed, and urban decay in 1980s New York City.
Discussed“Andrew Ross sarin and David enrich will be here to talk about Gary Stein's Lake Success Tom Wolf's bonfire the vanities and more”
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Lake Success
Lake Success by Gary Shteyngart is a contemporary satirical novel that follows a wealthy hedge fund manager as he embarks on a cross-country bus journey amid personal and financial turmoil.
Discussed“Andrew Ross sarin and David enrich will be here to talk about Gary Stein's Lake Success Tom Wolf's bonfire the vanities and more”
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This reference covers several distinct books recommended or discussed across various podcasts.
Discussed“he is a staff writer at the New York Times magazine and the author of a new book his first book Boomtown the Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City its chaotic founding its apocalyptic”
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Too Big to Fail
Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin is a comprehensive chronicle of the 2008 financial crisis told from the perspective of the Wall Street executives and government officials who tried to prevent a global economic collapse.
Discussed“an author of too big to fail which has just been reissued to Mark the 10year anniversary of the financial crisis”
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The Spider Network
Discussed“David enrich the finance editor of the times as well as the author most recently of his first book The Spider Network about the liore Scandal”
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Little failure
Discussed“he also wrote a fantastic Memoir most recently little failure”
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Bad Blood
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou is an immersive investigative non-fiction book that uncovers the massive corporate fraud behind Elizabeth Holmes and her blood-testing startup, Theranos.
Recommended“well newest book that's out and about right now is Bad Blood the book about Theos is John car you it's a very well done book”
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Den of Thieves
Den of Thieves by James B.
Recommended“my two favorites which I think anyone who's interested in business has to read is den of Thieves by Jim Stewart who's now a columnist at the New York Times”
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Barbarians at the Gate
Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar is a classic work of narrative business journalism documenting the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco.
Recommended“and of course Barbarians at the gate by Brian Bros I mean those those were really I think they they they created so much of the model for this type of narrative”
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When Genius Failed
When Genius Failed by Roger Lowenstein is a gripping work of narrative non-fiction chronicling the dramatic rise and catastrophic collapse of the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management.
Recommended“the other the one I would add to that is Roger lonstein when genius failed which is about the collapse of long-term Capital Management and is just a work of the brilliant narrative non-fiction”
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The Informant
The Informant is a compelling non-fiction book by Kurt Eichenwald that investigates corporate corruption and whistleblowing.
Recommended“the informant by Kurt ien Walt mhm put the movie aside I didn't love the movie but the book is outrageous”
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Fear: Trump in the White House
Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward is a bestselling investigative work examining the inner workings, chaos, and decision-making processes of the Donald Trump administration.
Discussed“it is of course Bob Woodward's book about the Trump Administration the title is fear”
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CoDex 1962
Discussed“I reviewed a book by the Icelandic writer shown the book is called codex 1962 and as I said the review it feels like this book was designed to drive me crazy it has everything I hate”
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“I me that's that's the guy I wrote a book about the spider Network which I'll plug is about a guy who is in engineering and kind of physics guy who and on the Spectrum who is a Trader”
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“and it's interesting to see another book about the Trump Administration coming on the heels of omarosa's book and of Michael Wolf's book fire and fury that paints this portrait of an Administration in chaos”
“have you read Annie Murphy Paul's book I took a look at it yeah and he talks about sort of the way that these social or these personality indicators so Annie Murphy Paul who wrote this book The Cult of Personality about 10 years ago”