Written by a prize-winning reporter, "The Greatest Trade Ever" is a superbly written, behind-the-scenes narrative of how hedge fund manager John Paulson foresaw the escalating financial crisis and turned a falling housing market into financial history.

Reviews

"Simply terrific. Easily the best of the post-crash financial books."
--Malcolm Gladwell
"Mr. Zuckerman is a first-rate reporter who is also able to explain the complexities of real estate finance in layman's terms. At times, "The Greatest Trade Ever" reads like a thriller."
--The New York Times
"How Paulson and a handful of contrarian investors pulled off this once-in-a-lifetime coup is the subject of "The Greatest Trade Ever" ... a fascinating and believable counter-narrative to the growing pile of books recounting the disastrous mistakes made by many of the supposedly smartest minds on Wall Street. It is also a surprisingly dramatic work...In "The Greatest Trade Ever," Zuckerman skillfully shows how Paulson and a few cohorts anticipated a disaster and figured out a way to profit."
--BusinessWeek
"More than a cinematic narrative of how Paulson and others figured out how to short the market. We're also reminded of how opaque and illiquid some financialv