Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai
by Ben Mezrich
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Author: Ben MezrichEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2007-10-23
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: William Morrow
Book Reviews of Rigged: The True Story of an Ivy League Kid Who Changed the World of Oil, from Wall Street to Dubai
Book Review: Just slightly better than completely useless
Summary: 1 Stars
I picked up this book hoping it might be something on the order of "Liars Poker" or "Barbarians at the Gates" or "The Pay Pal Wars," books that imparted huge amounts of information about the businesses that they covered. Boy, was I ever disappointed.
Mezrich's characters are suitable for comic books, the business concepts he imparts are perhaps the level that would be explained to fourth-graders on a field trip, and the plot is close to non-existent. I'd say his writing is boring but it seldom rises to that level.
I trade futures and FOREX, so I know a bit about markets and finance. Most of the narrative-type business books I have read give me at least one or two important pieces of information about the business itself. What Mezrich imparts about the Merc can be put into a one-page pamphlet.
I was most of the way through this piece of dreck when I realized what the point of this book was-- Mezrich is hoping to land a movie script. He tried to write it simple and shallow enough for Hollywood mogels to understand, and he tried to incorporate glitz and money and sex.
Save your money, save your time-- skip this book. Mr. C.S.
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