The Street

by Lee Gruenfeld

Book Overview

A razor-sharp, blisteringly on-target thriller set in the world of dot-com start-up madness - a deft and entertaining mix of the confidence-game masterworks of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiassen, and Donald... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385501501
• ISBN13: 9780385501507
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 399 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Superb piece of realistic fiction

Inspired combination of excellent wordcraft and storytelling, fully-realized characters and topical relevance. Works on any of a number of levels. Don't miss it!

HIGHEST Recommendation

I loved every word of this book. Knock your socks off story, rich characters, and as about as relevant as you can possibly get. Will now go read more of this writer's books and hope their half as good.

One of the very best of its kind

I had more fun reading The Street than any book in recent memory. I got it as a gift and didn't really want to read anything about stocks and things like that but I did anyway and now I actually understand what all those people are talking about. More important, I now also know how full of baloney most of them are, and why. But anyway it's not only educational it's a very suspenseful and involving thriller with characters you can really care about. Great book!

Better than a year in B-school with John Grisham

If I'd had this book available when I was getting my MBA and interning on Wall Street, a lot of things I perceived as inconsistent or illogical would have been a lot clearer, and I would have felt less confused. Come to think of it, I probably would have gone into a different field altogether rather than investments, where I'm now stuck. It wouldn't surprise me if, a hundred years from now, we look back at stock hustlers the way we now look back at turn of the century snake oil salesman, namely, conscience-less swindlers worthy only of contempt. And if that happens, this book will be cited as one of the reasons why. A lot of people got hosed in the dot-com madness, and even though it's hard to feel sorry for people who were looking to make a quick buck without lifting a finger, the prevailing cultural ethos said it was alright for them to do so. That needs to stop. People need to read this book. That it's a hugely entertaining read is beside the point, except insofar as it will induce people to pick it up and to recommend it to friends and colleagues. The Street is one of those rarities, a guaranteed wothwhile investment of your time and attention. DO NOT let the opportunity pass you buy (pun intended)!

A thrilling, *intelligent* tour-de force

This is a brilliant piece of writing that manages to be very suspenseful yet relieves the tension with well-placed humorous passages. The cynicism is completely harmonious with the overall theme of the book. On top of that, Grunfeld exposes some deeply penetrating truths about the reality of the capital markets. I love books that are multi-layered like this one, and although it requires more "mental investment" than your standard best-seller, it's more than worth the effort. HIGHLY recommended.