The Wolf of Wall Street
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The Wolf of Wall Street

by Jordan Belfort

2007•Biography•522 pages

Taste attributes: biographydocumentarybusinesscrimefresh & originalunsavouryrealisticlinearenclosedemotionally undemandingself destruction/implosionrags to riches

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Boxlist takeA grounded, unsavoury biography: inventive and intimate. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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4.7 / 5

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By day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could, on drugs, sex, and international globe-trotting. From the binge that sank a 170-foot motor yacht, crashed a Gulfstream jet, and ran up a $700,000 hotel tab, to the wife and kids who waited for him at home, and the fast-talking, hard-partying young stockbrokers who called him king and did his bidding, here, in his own inimitable...

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

BiographyDocumentaryBusinessCrimeSelf destruction/implosionRags to riches

Subjects

BusinessStockbrokersSecurities industryNonfictionBiographyCorrupt practicesBrokers

Details

Author
Jordan Belfort
Published
2007
Pages
522
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