Michael Lewis has a fascination with wealth and greed, evidenced by both his immensely popular LIAR’S POKER and THE NEW NEW THING. In LIAR’S POKER, greed, arrogance, and hubris take center stage in a funny, wicked, and entertaining tale. In THE NEW NEW THING, greed, arrogance, and hubris become supporting actors on a bigger stage. An older and more mature Mr. Lewis has captured a story that pits technogeeks against venture capitalists and, well, it would spoil the story to tell you who prevails. This book has it all: cult of personality, fortunes made and lost, suicide, luck, timing, largesse, personal failure, professional success, sailing off into the sunset and then returning, billion-dollar business plans scribbled on cocktail napkins with “a–hole” as the plan’s centerpiece–all told superbly by Mr. Lewis. It is neither as funny nor as wicked as LIAR’S POKER, but it is not intended to be. It is, ultimately, inspiring. If you want a book that leaves you less concerned about wicked greedy selfish bastards than LIAR’S POKER, you may find this book better than LIAR’S POKER. Or at least more satisfying.