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 *

Andrew Ross Sorkin is the award-winning chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for the New York Times, a columnist, and assistant editor of business and finance news. He has won a Gerald Loeb Award, the highest honor in business journalism, and a Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award. In 2007, the World Economic Forum names him a Young Global Leader.