Real life is not stranger than fiction, but, when Michael Lewis tells it, it is more exciting. Lewis is arguably the best in the world at finding underdogs and oddballs, and spinning their triumphs into smart entertainment. The data-driven baseball manager Billy Beane in Moneyball, the wacky contrarian investors in The Big Short — Lewis made them superstars, and their stories made him richer even than his brief stint as a bond trader at Salomon Brothers did. Most of his 18 books are bestsellers.
现实生活并不比小说更曲折离奇,但是,当迈克尔•刘易斯(Michael Lewis)讲述它时,它更令人兴奋。刘易斯可以说是世界上最善于发现失败者和怪人,并将他们的成功转化为聪明的娱乐的人。《点球成金》中以数据为动力的棒球经理比利•比恩(Billy Beane),《大空头》中古怪的反向投资者——刘易斯让他们成为了超级巨星,他们的故事,让他赚到了很多钱,比在所罗门兄弟公司短暂的债券交易员生涯多得多。他写作的18本书,大多是畅销书。