Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1253617 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 528 pages

Customer Reviews

A thouroughly enjoyable read
Sure you have understand this is a virgin author, and there are some gaps such as the missing years - the early ones, but look upon this as a wonderfuly honest tale, and so funny i laughed out loud many times. He has an interesting lifestyle and he is a guy with true charisma !
Looking forward to the sequel !

Totally complelling, totally insane
Wow, what a book. I read it practically cover to cover on a long haul flight, I just couldn't put it down.

Jordan Belfort is like James Bond gone bad. His life represents excess in every way conceivable - money, drugs and women. But the strange thing is that no matter what he does you can't but help find yourself liking the guy as you read his book. The writing isn't top drawer to be truthful but that really doesn't matter because this book grips you from the first page.

For aspiring Gordon Gekko's - this book will not give you any useful insights into how to be a successful businessman. What it does is tell a story that is so crazy you'd it swear must be fiction, if you didn't know it was true.

Compulsively readable
I loved this book and simply couldn't put it down. Despite the greed of Jordan's early professional life he is such a likeable and intelligent man you can't really dislike him. I couldn't bear it at the end when his marriage falls apart, to me the book was a description of a feisty and wonderful love story that came to a very sad end. All very upsetting. I'm longing for the next installment.