The Greatest Trade Ever
Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short
Autumn 2008. The global financial markets are collapsing, but one man is making a fortune. John Paulson, a calm hedge fund manager who still takes the bus to work, seemed unlikely to risk his career with a big bet. However, The Greatest Trade Ever is the story of how he realized that the subprime mortgage bubble would collapse, bringing $15 billion into his fund and more than $4 billion for himself in a single year. It is a story of folly and sorcery, individual brilliance versus institutional stupidity. John Paulson made the biggest winning bet in history. And this is the story of how he did it.

“Amazing, brilliant” Observer
“A must-read for anyone fascinated by financial madness” Mail on Sunday
“A gripping, one-sitting read” Sunday Times
“Simply fantastic. Easily the best of the post-crisis books” Malcolm Gladwell
“A great page-turner and a great illuminator of market collapse” John Helyar, author of Barbarians at the Gate

Pages: 304, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm