{"product_id":"9780060575014","title":"Ugly Americans: The True Story of the Ivy League Cowboys Who Raided the Asian Markets for Millions","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'\"\u003eBen Mezrich, author of   the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eBringing Down the House\u003c\/i\u003e, returns   with an astonishing story of Ivy League hedge-fund cowboys, high stakes, and the   Asian underworld.\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =   \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'\"\u003eUgly   Americans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'\"\u003e is the true story of   John Malcolm, a hungry young Princeton grad who traveled halfway around the   world in search of the American dream and ultimately pulled off a trade that   could, quite simply, be described as the biggest deal in the history of the   financial markets.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'\"\u003eAfter receiving a   mysterious phone call promising him a shot at great fortune in an exotic land,   Malcolm packed up his few belongings and took the chance of a lifetime. Without   speaking a word of Japanese, with barely a penny in his pocket, Malcolm was   thrown into the bizarre, adrenaline-fueled life of an expat trader. Surrounded   by characters ripped right out of a Hollywood thriller, he quickly learned how   to survive in a cutthroat world -- at the feet of the biggest players the   markets have ever known.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'\"\u003eMalcolm was first an   assistant trading huge positions for Nick Leeson, the twenty-six-year-old rogue   trader who lost nearly two billion dollars and brought down Barings Bank -- the   oldest in England. Then he was the right-hand man to an enigmatic and brilliant   hedge-fund cowboy named Dean Carney, and grew into one of the biggest   derivatives traders in all of Asia. Along the way, Malcolm fell in love with the   daughter of a Yakuza gangster, built a vast fortune out of thin air, and came   head-to-head with the violent Japanese mobsters who helped turn the Asian   markets into the turbulent casino it is today.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'\"\u003eMalcolm and his   twentysomething, Ivy League–schooled colleagues, with their warped sense of   morality and proportion, created their own economic theory: Arbitrage with a   Battle Axe. They rode the crashing waves of the Asian markets during the mid- to   late 1990s, culminating in a single deal the likes of which had never been seen   before -- or since.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 5pt 0in; mso-layout-grid-align: none\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'\"\u003eA real-life mixture of   \u003ci\u003eLiar's Poker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWall Street\u003c\/i\u003e, brimming with intense action,   romance, underground sex, vivid locales, and exotic characters, \u003ci\u003eUgly   Americans\u003c\/i\u003e is the untold, true story that will rock the financial community   and redefine an era.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e    ","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021089390832,"sku":"9780060575014","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060575014_p0.jpg?v=1763619563","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060575014","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}