He was desperate. He needed money. In spite of his better judgment, he leaped onto the carousel of the erratic, bipolar stock market, the investment feeding frenzy. The result was a cataclysmic debacle, a battle with midlife changes, illusions, and shifting values. From the bestselling author of the memoir Great Books. "Sadistic pleasure for the financial expert and the uninitiated... surprising for its honesty."—USA Today