内容简介
Whenhebecameafather,MichaelLewisfoundhimselfexpectedtofeelthingsthathedidn’tfeel,andtodothingsthathecouldn’tseethepointofdoing.Atfirstthismadehimfeelguilty,untilherealizedthatallaroundhimfatherswerepretendingtodoonething,tofeeloneway,wheninfacttheyfeltanddidallsortsofthings,thenengagedinwhatamountedtoanextendedcover-up.Lewisdecidedtokeepawrittenrecordofwhatactuallyhappenedimmediatelyafterthebirthofeachofhisthreechildren.Thisbookisthatrecord.Butitisalsosomethingelse:maybethefunniest,mostunsparingaccountofordinarydailyhouseholdlifeeverrecordedfromthepointofviewofthemaninside.Theremarkablethingaboutthisstoryisn’tthatLewisissounusual.It’sthatheissotypical.Theonlywonderisthathiswifehasallowedhimtopublishit.
作者简介
MichaelLewisFinancialjournalistandbestsellingauthorMichaelLewisisbestknownforintriguingnonfictionnarrativeslikeLiar'sPoker,TheNewNewThing,andMoneyball.BiographyTwenty-fouryear-oldPrincetongraduateMichaelLewishadrecentlyreceivedhismaster'sdegreefromtheLondonSchoolofEconomicswhenSalomonBrothershiredhimasabondsalesmanin1985.HemovedtoNewYorkfortrainingandwitnessedfirsthandthecutthroat,scruple-freeculturethatwasWallStreetinthe1980s.Severalmonthslater,armedonlywithwhathe'dlearnedintraining,LewisreturnedtoLondonandspentthenextthreeyearsdispensinginvestmentadvicetoSalomon'swell-heeledclientele.Heearnedhundredsofthousandsofdollarsandsurviveda1987hostiletakeoverattemptatthefirm.Nonetheless,hegrewdisillusionedwithhisjobandleftSalomontowriteanaccountofhisexperiencesintheindustry.Publishedin1989,Liar'sPokerremainsoneofthebestwrittenandmostperceptivechroniclesofinvestmentbankingandtheappallingexcessesofanera.Sincethen,Lewishasfoundgreatsuccessasafinancialjournalistandbestsellingauthor.Hisnonfictionrangesoveravarietyoftopics,includingU.S./Japanesebusinessrelations(PacificRift),the1996presidentialcampaign(TrailFever),SiliconValley(TheNewNewThing),andtheInternetboom(Next:TheFutureJustHappened).HeinvestigatedtheeconomicsofprofessionalsportsinMoneyball(2003)andTheBlindSide(2006);and,in2008,heeditedPanic,ananthologyofessaysaboutthemajorfinancialcrisesof1990sandearly"oughts."GoodToKnowMichaelLewisattendedIsidoreNewmanSchoolinhisnativeNewOrleans,LA--aprivatecollegeprepschoolthatcountsamongitsmoredistinguishedalumnihistorianWalterIsaacson,children'sbookauthorMoWillems,singerHarryConnick,Jr.,andfamouspro-footballsiblingsPeytonandEliManning.DateofBirth:十月15,1960PlaceofBirth:NewOrleans,LAEducation:PrincetonUniversity,B.A.inArtHistory,1982;LondonSchoolofEconomics,1985
