{"product_id":"9781439181287","title":"Street Freak: Money and Madness at Lehman Brothers","description":"Like Michael Lewis’s classic \u003ci\u003eLiar’s Poker\u003c\/i\u003e, Jared Dillian’s \u003ci\u003eStreet Freak \u003c\/i\u003etakes us behind the scenes of the legendary Lehman Brothers, exposing its outrageous and often hilarious corporate culture and offering a “candid look at the demise of a corporate behemoth” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the ultracompetitive Ivy League world of Wall Street,\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eJared Dillian was an outsider as an ex-military, working-class guy in a Men’s Wearhouse suit. But he was scrappy and determined; in interviews he told potential managers that “Nobody can work harder than me. Nobody is willing to put in the hours I will put in. I am \u003ci\u003einsane\u003c\/i\u003e.” As it turned out, at Lehman Brothers insanity was not an undesirable quality.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dillian rose from green associate, checking IDs at the entrance to the trading floor in the paranoid days following 9\/11, to become an integral part of Lehman’s culture in its final years as the firm’s head Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) trader. More than $1 trillion in wealth passed through his hands, yet the extreme highs and lows of the trading floor masked and exacerbated the symptoms of Dillian’s undiagnosed bipolar and obsessive-compulsive disorders, leading to a downward spiral that nearly ended his life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In his electrifying and fresh voice, Dillian takes readers on a wild ride through madness and back.","brand":"Touchstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154262376688,"sku":"9781439181287","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439181287_p0.jpg?v=1763791099","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439181287","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}