From esteemed New Yorker writer Mark Singer comes this cautionary tale of the Penn Square Bank, the oil and gas broker in an Oklahoma City shopping mall whose collapse in 1982 staggered America's banking industry. Recounting the whole spectacular story and its colorful characters, Singer makes brilliantly (and hilariously) clear what actually happened and why it had to happen in boom-time Oklahoma. Nowhere else did money flow in quite the same spontaneous fashion. "[A] tale of wonderful verve" (New York Times), Funny Money ...
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From esteemed New Yorker writer Mark Singer comes this cautionary tale of the Penn Square Bank, the oil and gas broker in an Oklahoma City shopping mall whose collapse in 1982 staggered America's banking industry. Recounting the whole spectacular story and its colorful characters, Singer makes brilliantly (and hilariously) clear what actually happened and why it had to happen in boom-time Oklahoma. Nowhere else did money flow in quite the same spontaneous fashion. "[A] tale of wonderful verve" (New York Times), Funny Money comes to life through Singer's vivid prose and continues to resonate in today's culture of corporate corruption.
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Add this copy of Funny Money [Signed] to cart. $18.75, very good condition, Sold by Second Story Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Alfred A. Knopf.
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Book. Octavo; Seventh printing; VG/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, white with black print; DJ has light edgewear, slight shelfwear, bottom portion of front flap is clipped; Boards quarter bound with white cloth to spine and tan paper to boards, very slight wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block has blue tinted top edge, clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the half-title page; xi, 221 pages. 1339544. FP New Rockville Stock.
Add this copy of Funny Money to cart. $29.41, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Knopf.
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Add this copy of Funny Money to cart. $29.86, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Laurel.
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Add this copy of Funny Money to cart. $61.26, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Laurel.
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