Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street's Wildest Con

by Guy Lawson

Book Overview

Octopus is a real-life thriller that tells the inside story of an audacious hedge fund fraud and the wild search, by a colorful cast of rogues and schemers, for a "secret market" beneath the financial market we all know. ? Sam Israel was a man who seemed to have it all - until the hedge fund he ran, Bayou, imploded and he became the target of a nationwide manhunt.? Born into one of America's most illustrious trading families, Israel was determined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307716074
• ISBN13: 9780307716071
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"