As described by Lewis, liar's poker is a game played in idle moments by workers on Wall Street, the objective of which is to reward trickery and deceit. With this as a metaphor, Lewis describes his four years with the Wall Street firm Salomon Brothers, from his bizarre hiring through the training program to his years as a successful bond trader. Lewis illustrates how economic decisions made at the national level changed securities markets and made bonds the most lucrative game on the Street. His description of the firm's personalities and of the events from 1984 through the crash of October 1987 are vivid and memorable. Readers of Tom Wolfe's The Bonfire of the Vanities ( LJ 11/15/87) are likely to enjoy this personal memoir. BOMC and Fortune Book Club selection.- Joseph Barth, U.S. Military Acad . Lib., West Point, N.Y.

正如刘易斯所描述的，骗子扑克是华尔街员工在闲暇时间玩的一种游戏，其目的是奖励欺骗和欺骗。用这个比喻，刘易斯描述了他在华尔街所罗门兄弟公司工作的四年，从他通过培训计划的离奇招聘到他作为一名成功的债券交易员。刘易斯举例说明了国家一级的经济决策如何改变证券市场，使债券成为街头最赚钱的游戏。他对公司的个性以及1984年到1987年10月的崩溃所发生的事件的描述是生动而难忘的。汤姆·沃尔夫的《虚荣的篝火》（LJ 11/15/87）的读者可能会喜欢这本个人回忆录。BOMC和《财富》图书俱乐部评选。——约瑟夫·巴特，美国军事学院。纽约州西点军校图书馆。