{"product_id":"ugly-americans-the-true-story-of-the-ivy-league-cowboys-who-raided-the-asian-markets-for-millions","title":"Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eUgly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBen Mezrich\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780060575007\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Morrow\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1st Edition, 1st Printing\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUgly Americans\u003c\/em\u003e is the true story of John Malcolm, a hungry young Princeton grad who traveled halfway around the world in search of the American dream and ultimately pulled off a trade that could, quite simply, be described as the biggest deal in the history of the financial markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter receiving a mysterious phone call promising him a shot at great fortune in an exotic land, Malcolm packed up his few belongings and took the chance of a lifetime. Without speaking a word of Japanese, with barely a penny in his pocket, Malcolm was thrown into the bizarre, adrenaline-fueled life of an expat trader. Surrounded by characters ripped right out of a Hollywood thriller, he quickly learned how to survive in a cutthroat world -- at the feet of the biggest players the markets have ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalcolm was first an assistant trading huge positions for Nick Leeson, the twenty-six-year-old rogue trader who lost nearly two billion dollars and brought down Barings Bank -- the oldest in England. Then he was the right-hand man to an enigmatic and brilliant hedge-fund cowboy named Dean Carney, and grew into one of the biggest derivatives traders in all of Asia. Along the way, Malcolm fell in love with the daughter of a Yakuza gangster, built a vast fortune out of thin air, and came head-to-head with the violent Japanese mobsters who helped turn the Asian markets into the turbulent casino it is today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalcolm and his twentysomething, Ivy League-schooled colleagues, with their warped sense of morality and proportion, created their own economic theory: Arbitrage with a Battle Axe. They rode the crashing waves of the Asian markets during the mid- to late 1990s, culminating in a single deal the likes of which had never been seen before -- or since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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 will rock the financial community and redefine an era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions | Ben Mezrich | Hardcover | 9780060575007 | Used: Like New | Business \u0026 Personal Finance 1610426","offer_id":48417703788696,"sku":"1610426","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71XyOaVyHEL.jpg?v=1773335457","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/ugly-americans-the-true-story-of-the-ivy-league-cowboys-who-raided-the-asian-markets-for-millions","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}