Fascinating... the book could not be more timely... a sharp-edged narrative that leaves readers with a visceral understanding of the fiscal recklessness that lies behind today's headlines (Michiko Kakutani New York Times )
Michael Lewis's bravura journey through Europe's economic underbelly brilliantly charts the consequences of a world plagued by debt... highly enjoyable... nicely politically incorrect, often very funny, and shot through with genuine insight (Robert Harris Sunday Times )
Brilliant... he has a novelist's gift (Spectator, Books of the Year )
Lewis"investigation of bubbles across Europe is brilliantly, sadly hiliarious (GQ magazine )
Lewis is the finest storyteller of our generation (Malcolm Gladwell )
He is so good everyone else may as well pack up (Evening Standard )
Michael Lewis meets some extraordinary characters in his excursion through the barely controlled madness that is modern finance... lucid, entertaining (Tony Barber Financial Times )
He writes with the wit and observational eye of a travel writer (Richard Fitzpatrick Irish Examiner )
He writes quite brilliantly and understands the complex financial matters whereof he speaks. As polemical prose goes, it is hard to beat (Howard Davies Management Today )"
