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We are excited to have Michael Lewis return to Live Talks Los Angeles on October 25 for his new book, Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, about Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX.  .
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To purchase tickets to the event on October 25th;
or the virtual event that airs in Oct 30, visit our website.
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Read about Michael Lewis’ new book in the New York Times (May 16, 2023).
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When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side?
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In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer this question, taking readers into the mind of Bankman-Fried, whose rise and fall offers an education in high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies, philanthropy, bankruptcy, and the justice system. Both psychological portrait and financial roller-coaster ride, Going Infinite is Michael Lewis at the top of his game, tracing the mind-bending trajectory of a character who never liked the rules and was allowed to live by his own—until it all came undone.
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Michael Lewis has appeared at Live Talks Los Angeles for his last four books: Flashboys (with Malcolm Gladwell); The Undoing Project (with Mindy Kaling); The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy (with Larry Wilmore); and for The Premonition: A Pandemic Story (with Geraldine Brooks).  He also interviewed Walter Isaacson for his book, Leonardo da Vinci.
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Watch all the videos below:
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Join us for our 2022 Holiday Signed Book Sale! 

Visit our store to see what is available, and start making your lists!

Our popular LIVE TALKS LA end-of-year POP-UP HOLIDAY SIGNED BOOK SALE is back—in-person, and in a new, exciting location.

Friday December 2, 3-7pm

Saturday December 3, 11a-5pm.

Please join us in the beautiful atrium at HALO DTLA:
330 S. Hope Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(by MOCA and The BROAD)

Parking: $9

Shop from a variety of signed books from hundreds of our past events. There’s something for everyone on your list: FICTION, NON-FICTION, CELEBRITY MEMOIR, COOKBOOKS, COFFEE TABLE BOOKS. 

Books make the best gifts—especially when you purchase them from an independently-owned local small business!

Nick & Stef’s and Danny Boy’s Famous Original Pizza will be open both days.

— Live Talks Los Angeles