The Liar's Ball
Book • 2014
Vicky Ward's The Liar's Ball examines the fierce world of Manhattan real estate and finance during the 1980s and 1990s, focusing on the personalities and deals that shaped the era.
Through detailed reporting and firsthand accounts, Ward reconstructs the cutthroat contests among brokers, bankers, and developers.
The book centers on iconic transactions and the culture of power, ambition, and excess that drove them.
It illuminates how pivotal deals and rivalries influenced the broader financial landscape and transformed real estate into a realm of high-stakes speculation.
The narrative blends investigative journalism with dramatic storytelling to reveal both individual characters and systemic forces behind the industry's rise.
Through detailed reporting and firsthand accounts, Ward reconstructs the cutthroat contests among brokers, bankers, and developers.
The book centers on iconic transactions and the culture of power, ambition, and excess that drove them.
It illuminates how pivotal deals and rivalries influenced the broader financial landscape and transformed real estate into a realm of high-stakes speculation.
The narrative blends investigative journalism with dramatic storytelling to reveal both individual characters and systemic forces behind the industry's rise.
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