The Fifth Risk

Praise for Michael Lewis

"Saturation reporting, conceptual thinking of a high order, a rich sense of humor, and talent to burn."
-Tom Wolfe

"Michael Lewis has a spellbinding talent for finding emotional dramas in complex, highly technical subjects."
-John Gapper, Financial Times

"[Lewis] has a genius for unearthing tales of the counterintuitive."
-Pamela Paul, New York Times Book Review

"The leading journalist of his generation."
-Kyle Smith, Forbes

"Lewis is the kind of writer who creates his own weather system."
-John Lanchester, London Review of Books

"I would read an 800-page history of the stapler if he wrote it."
-John Williams, New York Times Book Review

"[A] master of the character-driven narrative."
-Charlie Gofen, National Book Review