The Spider Network

Author David Enrich
Narrator Mike Chamberlain
Publisher Ebury Publishing
Publish Date 23 March 2017
Run Time 15 hours and 32 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Banking, Biography and non-fiction prose, True crime.

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What to expect

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Spider Network by David Enrich, read by Mike Chamberlain.

Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year

The Spider Network is the almost-unbelievable and darkly entertaining inside account of the Libor scandal – one of the biggest, farthest-reaching financial scams since the global financial crisis – written by the only journalist with access to Tom Hayes before he was sentenced to fourteen years in prison. Full of exclusive details, and with ramifications that stretch right across the British establishment, this is a gripping, real-life story of outlandish characters and reckless greed in the City of London.

By turns a rollicking account of the scandal and also a provocative examination of a financial system that was crooked throughout, The Spider Network is a perfect read for fans of The Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short.

‘Will snare you in its web of deceit ... A brilliant investigative exposé’ - Harlan Coben, bestselling thriller author

‘Reads like a fast-paced John le Carré thriller, and never lets up’ - New York Times book review

Critics Review

Anyone with an interest in financial services and in what has gone wrong will find The Spider Network compelling.

The Times

a surprisingly human narrative … truly memorable … a vivid depiction of the ethos of the core financial institutions upon which the global economy depends

New York Times

a model of investigative financial writing… a more satisfying read than THE BIG SHORT by Michael Lewis

Literary Review

will snare you in its web of deceit, lies, corruption, manipulation and colourful characters. [a] brilliant investigative exposé

Harlan Coben, bestselling thriller author

supremely gripping … a thrilling tour de force of reporting, revelation and reasoning … unmissable

Iain Martin, bestselling author of MAKING IT HAPPEN: FRED GOODWIN, RBS AND THE MEN WHO BLEW UP THE BRITISH ECONOMY

An incredibly entertaining, globe-straddling inside account of how one trader turbocharged a greedy cabal that scammed savers and borrowers everywhere. A must read if you want to understand how big banks and traders really work

Marcus Brauchli, former Executive Editor of the Washington Post and Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal

Equally entertaining and illuminating … Enrich’s brilliant depiction … owes to deep reporting, deft writing, and a nuanced approach that characterizes the entire book… First-rate.

John Helyar, bestselling author of BARBARIANS AT THE GATE

how did a socially awkward English math whiz mastermind manipulation of lending rates on a global scale? And was Tom Hayes truly the mastermind, or just a cog in a corrupt banking system? In David Enrich’s gripping tale, the characters have nicknames worthy of the Mafia, and their ethical compasses aren’t much better

Paul Ingrassia, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of CRASH COURSE

gripping and disturbing … It reads like a thriller and has some hilarious moments, whilst raising important questions about the nature of our financial and judicial systems

Ian Fraser, journalist and author of SHREDDED: INSIDE RBS, THE BANK THAT BROKE BRITAIN

David Enrich is a masterful story teller … Michael Lewis has a new rival

Sheila Bair, former chair of the FDIC and president of Washington College

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