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loss. Especial thanks to Tom Tucker and Lara and Mary Anne Pettit for sharing

memories that I feel privileged to have been told. I wish I had known Chris Pettit. After

writing this book I almost feel that I did.

Many of you--and you know who you are--gave me a great deal of your time but wish to

stay anonymous.

Others who are on the record and to whom I am indebted for their time and valuable

experience and insights include: Peter Solomon, Robert Shapiro, Robert Genirs,

Peregrine Moncreiffe, Brad Jack, Jeremy Isaacs, Roger Nagioff, Fred Segal, James Vinci,

Ronald Gallatin, J. Tomlinson Hill, Peter A. Cohen, Jeffrey Solomon, James Roper,

Steve Carlson, Paul Newmark, Craig Schiffer, Cliff Goldman, Doug Ireland, Bob

Cagnina, Tom Russo, David Goldfarb, Bob Millard, Alex Kirk, Mel Shaftel, Todd Jorn,

Steve Berkenfeld, Andrew Gowers, Marna Ringel, Nancy Hament, Marianne Rasmussen,

Brian Riley, Kim Sullivan, Angela Sacco, Madeleine Antoncic, and the inimitable and

funny Karin Jack.

Especial thanks go to John Cecil for your never-ending patience. It's one thing when an

interview that's one hour long has to be redone; quite another when it's four hours.

Outside of Lehman, too, a huge thank you to Robert "Bob" Steel for your patience, your

guidance, and your introductions. You were the person I could always go to if I had a

query, and you are a great judge of character.

Thanks also to Bob Diamond, who was one of those who kindly got grilled twice and was

most gracious about it. Also I am indebted to the BarCap press team: particularly Michael

O'Looney, Kerrie-Ann Cohen, and Peter Truell. Also thank you to Archie Cox for your

time.

To a particularly good-humored senior member of the U.S. Federal Reserve: thank you.

Especial thanks have to go to the former U.S. Treasury secretary, Henry Merritt Paulson

Jr. for your thoughtful reflections on what became the nightmare of your life.

So, too, thanks to your trusty lieutenant and the dad of dads, Steven Shafran.

I would not have met either Hank or "Shaf" had it not been for the clever, beautiful, and

kind Clara Bingham and also the inestimable Michele Davis to whom Clara introduced

me.

As for the rest of the former Treasury team, they know who they are--they want to stay in

the shadows, but thank you.

Likewise I must thank John Murray and Hector Sants at the Financial Services Authority.

Also Catherine Macleod in Alastair Darling's office. And Richard Paulson, Hank 's

brother.

Also, H. Rodgin Cohen of Sullivan & Cromwell, Warren Buffett, and David Einhorn.

Other people who were essential in giving advice or pointing me in useful directions

were: Peter Melhado, Hugh Warrender, Bill Cohan, Jamie Niven, Michael Thomas, Steve

Rattner, Peter Rose, Jeffrey Leeds, Cliff Brokaw, William von Mueffling, Richard

"follow the money" Plepler, Rob Wiesenthal, Alan Schwartz, Mort Janklow, Donald

Trump, John Josephson, Joe Perella, Michael Thompson, Betsy Schaper, Gerald

Corrigan, Don Marron, Charlie Ayres, Stephen Rubenstein, Rob Speyer, Jesse Angelo,

Lachlan Murdoch, Robert Thomson, Bryan Burrough, Michael Shnayerson, Michael

Jackson, Martin Ivens, Nicolas Berggruen, Larry Creel, Bill Detwiler, Jim Burtson, Gerry

Pasciuccio, and Ed Frost. And not for any information, because she is immune to my

charm and wouldn't give me any, but for continually reminding me that I must, above all,

be accurate--my former college roommate and longtime friend, Blythe Masters.

Outside of what was Lehman and Wall Street, there exists, as we know, a different world-one that I haven't been in very much recently, but without some of the people in it, this

book could not have happened.

Graydon Carter, my editor in chief at Vanity Fair, my counselor, and my friend. Nothing

is ever possible without you and your encouragement. Also at VF, Doug Stumpf, my

patient, clever editor, who has mentored me for years. Then: Chris Bateman, Stan

Friedman, Chris Garrett, Evgenia Peretz, Aimee Bell, David Friend,