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Title: Intreresting, but not as funny as advertised
Review: My son (18) read this and was on the floor, laughing. He recommended it as an hilarious read, and--having heard about it--I read it. It was truly interesting and informative, especially about the initial construction of the mortgage-backed securities that are tanking today, but I guess I was used to the shenanigans and excesses of the moneyed Wall Street types. I laughed once, at an image of trying to buy $400 of Mexican food (in the mid-80's). The book is well worth reading, but I would not buy it for the laughs.
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