Exclusive Excerpt from House of Cards by William D. Cohan

William D. Cohan offers audiences a unique, close-up perspective of the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression in House of Cards. He combines deep knowledge of the investment banking world with the fine storytelling skills of an award-winning investigative journalist. House of Cards lays out in gory detail how the current financial crisis began with the collapses of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers.

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