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 enlarge | Author: Leveraged Sellout
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 17410
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1401309682
Dewey Decimal Number: 817
EAN: 9781401309688
ASIN: 1401309682
Publication Date: August 5, 2008
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 Absolutely hilarious August 22, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Probably the funniest book I've ever read, even better than the blog. I read it cover-to-cover in one sitting. Twice as funny if you work in finance and know a lot about the industry, but nonetheless hilarious for anyone who isn't easily offended or can take a joke.
Simply amazing August 7, 2008
11 out of 21 found this review helpful
If this isn't funny then I don't know what is.
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"Thankfully, there was a group of cute girls at a nearby booth, and I had finished off 5 surprisingly strong $[...] drinks. Feeling indestructible, I got up and walked over to the girls' table and tapped my glass on their table gavel-style a couple times. They stared at me blankly. They were indeed kinda cute. But, sometimes it's more about the entertainment.
"I'll tell you what I'm gonna do," I began the proposal. "I'll buy you girls your next three rounds of drinks if you can guess what my friend over there does for a living" I offered grandiosely, pointing at my friend who, on cue, raised his glass high in acknowledgement. The reflection off his Harvard ring was majestic.
The girls all looked at each other awkwardly, as if hoping some sort of greater group intelligence would instruct them on how to proceed. I stood slightly bent over, supporting myself with my palms on the table, and watched them. The DUFF was apparently also the most outgoing.
"Uhm. Let me take a wild guess. He is an investment banker?!" she responded in a fantastically sardonic tone.
Learned sarcasm from all those clever little [...] t-shirts, eh? I pushed myself back with my hands, leaned back, and let out a grand guffaw.
"WRONG!" I exclaimed. "He works in Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities which actually falls outside of the Investment Banking Division!!""
=IF(1+1=2,DIFGTBAB>BIBLE,0) August 6, 2008
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I'm still trying to discern what the funniest aspect of this book is. Is it the blatant elitism/classicsm? Perhaps. Is it Wall Street's misogyny and generalizations of foreigners? There's definitely something there. Perhaps its LSO's ability to apply banker-speak and concepts to everyday life? That plays a role no doubt. Or maybe it's simply everything about the LSO including the aforementioned plus utter disregard for anything below investment bankers (just about everything), complete with a hilariously satirical glorification of their larger-than-life existences. Bingo.
This really is the most prestigious book ever written.
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