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Michael Lewis, author of Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In GOING INFINITE, Michael Lewis sets out to answer this question, taking readers into the mind of Bankman-Fried, whose rise and fall offers an education in high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies, philanthropy, bankruptcy and the justice system.

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Week of August 26, 2024

New paperback releases for the week of August 26th include DEMON COPPERHEAD, Barbara Kingsolver's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that enthralls, compels and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity; GOING INFINITE by Michael Lewis, the story of FTX’s spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center, Sam Bankman-Fried; THE SECRET HOURS, a gripping spy thriller from Mick Herron about a disastrous MI5 mission in Cold War Berlin; Anne Enright's THE WREN, THE WREN, an incandescent novel about the inheritance of trauma, wonder and love across three generations of women; and the paperback original THE BERLIN APARTMENT by Bryn Turnbull, a sweeping love story that follows a young couple whose lives are irrevocably changed when they’re separated overnight by the construction of the Berlin Wall.

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