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How Good Does it Feel to Be a Banker (Right Now)?

Sheila · 04/15/08 11:03AM

Bad timing waits for no man, and the book industry is particularly vulnerable, due to its long lead time. The idea of a book called Damn It Feels Good to Be a Banker: and Other Baller Things You Only Get to Say if You Work on Wall Street probably seemed great a year ago. Now, it's doomed to come out in the wake of the Bear Stearns debacle. Nevertheless, Hyperion has no choice to but go ahead and publish. As they say in a press release: "Remember: the economy may fall, but bankers never do." But wait: it's a satirical book, based on Amit Chatwani's Leveraged Sell-Out blog.