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The New York Times Bestseller, with a new afterword

"[Michael Lewis’s] most ambitious and important book." —Joe Klein, New York Times

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"A hymn to the 'deep state,' which is revealed as nothing more than people who know what they're talking about." -- Cory Doctorow
"Fascinating—and at times harrowing…Lewis tells an important and timely story, one that all of us who pay for, care about, and want government to work should hear." -- Brian Naylor - NPR
"Lewis has written a countercultural, almost subversive, book: one that praises the intellectual curiosity, dedication, foresight and sense of mission he finds among America’s federal workers." -- Carlos Lozada - Washington Post
"[A] spellbinding, alarming analysis of the most serious threats to Americans’ safety happening now from inside the U.S. government." -- Don Oldenburg - USA Today
"[The Fifth Risk is] so prescient it’s goosepimpling." -- Jennifer Senior - New York Times

The Fifth Risk

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    A Paperback / softback by Michael Lewis

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      Book details

      Publisher WW Norton & Co
      Published 2 December 2019
      ISBN-13 9780393357455
      978-0393357455
      ISBN-10 0393357457

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The New York Times Bestseller, with a new afterword

      "[Michael Lewis’s] most ambitious and important book." —Joe Klein, New York Times

      Trade Review
      "A hymn to the 'deep state,' which is revealed as nothing more than people who know what they're talking about." -- Cory Doctorow
      "Fascinating—and at times harrowing…Lewis tells an important and timely story, one that all of us who pay for, care about, and want government to work should hear." -- Brian Naylor - NPR
      "Lewis has written a countercultural, almost subversive, book: one that praises the intellectual curiosity, dedication, foresight and sense of mission he finds among America’s federal workers." -- Carlos Lozada - Washington Post
      "[A] spellbinding, alarming analysis of the most serious threats to Americans’ safety happening now from inside the U.S. government." -- Don Oldenburg - USA Today
      "[The Fifth Risk is] so prescient it’s goosepimpling." -- Jennifer Senior - New York Times

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