An animated, first-person narrative about the reality of banking … lively and engaging … Rodgers takes your hand and walks you through the history of finance.

A welcome addition to the panoply of must-read titles about banking before, during and after the crisis … by someone who was actually at the centre of the industry at the time.

A rip-roaring ride through the dealing floors of the world’s financial market … the storyline is eloquent, right up there with the calibre of the master of the genre, Michael Lewis.

This is an enjoyable, fast-paced yet informative book … readers will be absorbed and fascinated by the inner workings of an industry that is essential to all our lives.

A truly insightful look into the history of technology and what it could mean for banking’s future

A timely publication from [an] unquestionably authoritative vantage point … Eloquent, entertaining and accessible.

Equally entertaining and illuminating … Enrich’s brilliant depiction … owes to deep reporting, deft writing, and a nuanced approach that characterizes the entire book… First-rate.

how did a socially awkward English math whiz mastermind manipulation of lending rates on a global scale? And was Tom Hayes truly the mastermind, or just a cog in a corrupt banking system? In David Enrich’s gripping tale, the characters have nicknames worthy of the Mafia, and their ethical compasses aren't much better

gripping and disturbing ... It reads like a thriller and has some hilarious moments, whilst raising important questions about the nature of our financial and judicial systems

David Enrich is a masterful story teller ... Michael Lewis has a new rival

An absorbing read that provides both a meticulous dissection of an immense scandal as well as a fascinating human story

For years, David Enrich has chased down the inside story of one the biggest financial frauds in history and was even threatened with jail by a British court if he printed what he knew. Now, in his blockbuster book The Spider Network, all of the secrets come spilling out…With an unerring eye for detail, Enrich shows in this masterful work how a toxic stew of greed, arrogance and a lust for power led to a criminal scheme of unparalleled dimensions. It should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand the dirty underbelly of the financial world.

This dwarfs by orders of magnitude any financial scams in the history of markets.

In the hands of journalist David Enrich, the true tale of former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes becomes a page-turning crime drama that engages – and educates – readers from beginning to end.

A gripping narrative ... impressive reporting and writing chops are on full display ... reads like a fast-paced John le Carré thriller, and never lets up

a feat of reporting, and much of it reads like a novel

a remarkable read

jaw-dropping

a gripping financial thriller

Well worth the read. I couldn’t put it down

A potent book... an incisive social critique that slices through financial jargon and gobbledygook to accurately map the all-too-common corruption in America’s hedge funds that are sucking up billions and billions that used to be invested for the growth and benefit of society as a whole in building infrastructure, expanding existing and new businesses and creating jobs

An utterly absorbing look at how Cohen pushed his traders to the limit—that “black edge”—and how he mostly insulated himself from the potential ramifications. This fast-paced, true-life thriller will leave readers enraptured—and troubled