John Rolfe grew up in the heart of Dixie. After stints at Virginia Tech and the University of Florida, he took a job doing broadcast research in New York City, convinced that "if I can make it there, I can make it anywhere." In 1993, after concluding that Frank Sinatra had sold him a bill of goods, John entered the Wharton School of Business, where he edited The Wharton Vulgarian. Following his sentence with DLJ, he was a principal with a private investment organization. Currently, John is a freelance man of sport and leisure, and is honing his panhandling skills for the next bear market.

Peter Troob grew up on the rough-and-tumble streets of Scarsdale, New York, and while in grade school starred in James and the Giant Peach. Peter attended Duke University, then worked for Kidder Peabody in New York City. In 1993 he entered the graduate program at the Harvard Business School, where he edited the humor section in the Harbus and wrote the "Kosher Korner" column. This made his mother proud. Peter is currently a partner with a private investment organization and is anticipating many happy years there.

次貸風暴、金融海嘯為什麼會發生？

投資人的錢是怎麼蒸發的？

投行裏的人都在做什麼？

他們吃什麼？穿什麼？

他們的女朋友長什麼樣？

他們每月掙多少錢？

他們滿足嗎？

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本書講述兩位年輕銀行傢羅爾夫和特魯珀在華爾街的人生經曆，這是特魯珀和羅爾夫的個人成長經曆，更是所有新入行的年輕銀行傢所必須經曆的磨難。無論就職於哪一傢銀行，相信任何一位銀行助理都不乏同樣的感受。

其實，投資銀行的生存原則說到底就是“願者上鈎”。要麼像魚兒一樣，牢牢咬住誘餌，享受美味佳肴之餘還可以藉助魚綫的拉動往上躍，越高越好，哪管人格的沉淪；要麼保持大度的胸襟，冷眼看待銀行裏發生的一切，用幽默和自嘲安撫自己失去平衡的心靈。但實際上，想要保持頭腦的一半清醒，對心理平衡似乎幫助不大，這就好像一隻腳踩在乾冰上，而另一隻腳踏在炭火裏一樣，雖然冷熱相抵後計算齣的平均溫度正好閤適，但人的雙腳注定會皮開肉綻，痛苦難忍！不是嗎？

這本書是作者羅爾夫和特魯珀講述自己在投資銀行的奮鬥曆程。從最開始夢想到投資銀行工作到最後拼命想掙脫，兩位作者迴顧瞭一路走來的工作體驗和心路曆程，展現瞭一個真實並且不為人知的投行，讓我們看到瞭投資銀行傢特彆是底層從業人員風光背後的艱辛、無奈，更讀到瞭一種對於人生和生活的選擇。

麵對金融業爾虞我詐的兩麵人生，他們是要賠上一生的幸福，還是平安脫險,在風暴來臨之前全身而退……