In the 1990s Jordan Belfort became one of the most infamous names in American finance: a brilliant, conniving stock-chopper. He was the Wolf of Wall Street, whose life of greed, power and excess was so outrageous it could only be true; no one could make this up! But the day Jordan was arrested and taken away in handcuffs was not the end of the madness.
Catching the Wolf of Wall Street tells of what happened next. After getting out of jail on $10 million bail he had to choose whether to plead guilty and act as a government witness or fight the charges and see his wife be charged as well. He cooperated.
With his trademark brash, brazen and thoroughly compelling storytelling, Jordan details more incredible true tales of fortunes made and lost, money-making schemes, parties, sex, drugs, marriage, divorce and prison.
From the FBI raid on his estate to the deal he cut to rat out his oldest friends and colleagues to the conscience he eventually found, this is, once again, drama-heavy. With his kingdom in ruin, not to mention his marriage, the Wolf faced his greatest challenge yet: how to navigate a gauntlet of judges and lawyers, hold on to his kids and his enraged model wife, and possibly salvage his self-respect. It wasn’t going to be easy. In fact, for a man with an unprecedented appetite for excess, it was going to be hell. But the man at the centre of one of the most shocking scandals in financial history soon sees the light of what matters most: his sobriety, and his future as a father and a man.
If you loved the first book you’ll fall for this one too. Belfort has a very easy writing style that is gripping and unputdownable. His honesty is refreshing, his story-telling fun.
It’s a good read and you will not be disappointed. Wall Street’s notorious bad boy will shock, but not surprise you.
‘What separates Jordan’s story from others like it, is the brutal honesty.’ – Leonardo DiCaprio
‘Raw and frequently hilarious.’ – The New York Times
‘Reads like a cross between Tom Wolfe’s Bonfire of the Vanities and Scorsese’s Goodfellas … Laugh-out funny.’ – The Sunday Times
Title Catching the Wolf of Wall Street: More Incredible True Stories of Fortunes, Schemes, Parties, and Prison Author Jordan Belfort first published January 1st 2009 Publisher Bantam ISBN 0553807048 Language English
