TOO BIG TO FAIL The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System From Crisis—And Lost

The financial crisis of 2008 is a huge challenge to explain. Sorkin uses his considerable knowledge and skills as a business reporter to present a comprehensible chronology and analysis of this monumental event while providing humanizing background on all the major players. Accomplished narrator William Hughes completes the experience for the listener. His presentation is clear, with the straightforward delivery that such an intricate narrative demands. He achieves the necessary balance of a pace that is brisk enough to engage yet sufficiently measured to allow the listener to absorb the incredible amount of detail that makes Sorkin's book so fascinating. This combination of a skilled author's accessible text and a talented narrator's performance makes TOO BIG TO FAIL too good to miss. M.O.B. 2010 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2009]