Pushkin.

Hey there against the rules, listeners, it's Michael Lewis here.

You might have heard that I've been working on a new book about the crypto exchange FTX

and its founder, Sam Beckman-Free.

And I'm still working on it, talking to experts on background here in this feed.

But I'm finally able to tell you just a bit more about the book itself, like the title, for instance,

and when it will be published.

So here we go.

My next book is going to be called Going Infinite, The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon.

It's coming out October 3rd.

And rather than tell you what's in it, because I think a lot of the pleasure is going to come from you not knowing what's in it,

how about I just read you a little jacket copy?

And I quote,

Michael Lewis takes you along on a quest to understand who Sam Beckman-Free really is.

What motivated him and what his spectacular rise and fall means for the rest of us?

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?

Right on the roller coaster with me is I traced the ups and downs of a character

who never liked the rules and was allowed to live by his own until it all came undone.

I didn't write those words, but I think they sound okay.

I'd read that book if I weren't still writing it.

Going Infinite, The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon will be available October 3rd, 2023.

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