Gary Stevenson

Už když jako kluk kopal v ulicích východního Londýna do odřeného míče, snil Gary Stevenson o něčem velkém. Pak se zúčastnil matematické soutěže zvané obchodní hra. Výhra? Vstupenka do nového života. Gary se stal nejmladším obchodníkem Citibank, jedné z největších finančních institucí na světě, a přes veškerou pravděpodobnost brzy uzavíral obchody v hodnotě miliard dolarů. Denně. Jenomže se psal rok 2008 a Gary vydělával sázením na to, že miliony lidí zchudnou – miliony lidí podobných těm, s nimiž vyrůstal. Obchodní hra je šokující, nepřikrášlené, napínavé svědectví o temných zákoutích opojného světa obchodníků od někoho, kdo hru přežil. „Neuvěřitelně důležitá kniha přicházející v pravý čas... něco jako Vlk z Wall Street s morálním kompasem, odhaluje duchovní prázdnotu systémů a procesů, které nás ovládají a omezují naši lidskost.“ Irvine Welsh, autor knihy Trainspotting Nominace na Financial Times Business Book of the Year Podle knihy se připravuje minisérie

An outrageous, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world - from someone who survived the trading game and then blew it all wide open 'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around? Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken footballs on the streets of East London in the shadow of Canary Wharf's skyscrapers, Gary wanted something better. Something a whole lot bigger. Then he won a competition run by a bank: 'The Trading Game'. The prize: a golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader in the whole city. A place where you could make more money than you'd ever imagined. Where your colleagues are dysfunctional maths geniuses, overfed public schoolboys and borderline psychopaths, yet they start to feel like family. Where soon you're the bank's most profitable trader, dealing in nearly a trillion dollars. A day. Where you dream of numbers in your sleep - and then stop sleeping at all. But what happens when winning starts to feel like losing? When the easiest way to make money is to bet on millions becoming poorer and poorer - and, as the economy starts slipping off a precipice, your own sanity starts slipping with it? You want to stop, but you can't. Because nobody ever leaves. Would you stick, or quit? Even if it meant risking everything?

An outrageous, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world - from someone who survived the trading game and then blew it all wide open 'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around? Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken footballs on the streets of East London in the shadow of Canary Wharf's skyscrapers, Gary wanted something better. Something a whole lot bigger. Then he won a competition run by a bank: 'The Trading Game'. The prize: a golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader in the whole city. A place where you could make more money than you'd ever imagined. Where your colleagues are dysfunctional maths geniuses, overfed public schoolboys and borderline psychopaths, yet they start to feel like family. Where soon you're the bank's most profitable trader, dealing in nearly a trillion dollars. A day. Where you dream of numbers in your sleep - and then stop sleeping at all. But what happens when winning starts to feel like losing? When the easiest way to make money is to bet on millions becoming poorer and poorer - and, as the economy starts slipping off a precipice, your own sanity starts slipping with it? You want to stop, but you can't. Because nobody ever leaves. Would you stick, or quit? Even if it meant risking everything?