Too Big to Fail

He has done a remarkable job in producing a lively account that will be hard for subsequent authors to beat * Gillian Tett, FT *
As close to a definitive account as we are likely to get * Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times *
Andrew Ross Sorkin has written a fascinating, scene-by-scene saga of the eyeless trying to march the clueless through Great Depression II * Tom Wolfe *
Andrew Ross Sorkin pens what may be the definitive history of the banking crisis * The Atlantic Monthly *
Sorkin has succeeded in writing the book of the crisis, with amazing levels of detail and access * Reuters *
Too good to put down . . . It is the story of the actors in the most extraordinary financial spectacle in 80 years, and it is told brilliantly . . . It is hard to imagine them being this riveting * Economist *
Sorkin can write. His storytelling makes Liar's Poker look like a children's book * SNL Financial *
The most readable and exciting report of the events surrounding the Lehman collapse that we have seen . . . impeccably sourced * Edmund Conway, Daily Telegraph *
The sense of being in the meeting rooms as hitherto all-conquering alpha male egos fight for their reputations, as their and our world judders, is palpable * Chris Blackhurst, Evening Standard *
Surpassed its rivals with its depth, range of reporting and high quality analysis * Stefan Stern, FT *
A superbly researched and sobering take on the events surrounding the meltdown on Wall Street * Sam Mendes *
With Too Big to Fail , Andrew Ross Sorkin has broken the Barbarians [At The Gate] curse ... Ross Sorkin's ... astonishing narrative of the epic financial crisis of 2008 is an extraordinary achievement that will be hard to surpass as the definitive account * John Gapper, FT *
The heir to Barbarians at the Gate * FT *