Too Big To Fail And Too Big-Headed To Admit Failing

In the Times of IndiaAbheek Barman reviews Andrew Sorkin’s “Too Big to Fail,” a blow-by-blow account of the bail-out and makes a couple of insightful observations:

“It’s a tribute to his writing that despite his ball-by-ball narrative Sorkin manages to hold your attention for nearly 550 pages. His character sketches are lean and unjudgemental. Yet, though he doesn’t pass judgement, by the end most of the characters – with the possible exception of Buffet and some of the regulators – come across as distinctly unsavoury. Continue reading