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I also loved Bombardiers. Great book that didn't get a lot of traction - highly recommend it for anyone considering a career in finance.
by quickpost 16y ago
I also loved Bombardiers. Great book that didn't get a lot of traction - highly recommend it for anyone considering a career in finance.
- goatforce5 16y agoIt came out at the wrong time - people didn't want to believe that the financial industry was screwed up. If it got re-released now (or if someone finally made a movie of it) people would probably be more receptive. Pointless anecdote: went to see him give a talk a few years back in London. I bought his new book, got him to sign it, and then whipped out my first edition hardback of Bombardiers that I picked up in Oz years previously. He seemed surprised(/touched) to see it, we had a little chat, and then he wrote a genuinely nice message in the book. He's totally a class act.
- SkyMarshal 16y agoI loved Bombardiers too. Catch-22 applied to the financial 'industry'. Those are the only two books I've read that managed to pull off that style of satire. If anyone knows any others, I'd love to know.