Gird your loins, everyone, because @"GSElevator" is about to write the Sh*t My Dad Says of investment banking. That's right: they just signed a book deal. You can almost hear Lloyd's butthole pucker.
Tentatively entitled "Straight to Hell: True Tales of Deviance and Excess in the World of Investment Banking," the book is due for an October 2014 publication and, according to its anonymous author, is intended to be "the definitive exposure of investment banking culture . . . shedding new light on a world that is far more abhorrent, and yet, way more entertaining than people can imagine."
No big surprise that Byrd Leavell is the agent on the deal after repping Tucker Max for years and successfully selling the first ever Twitter-to-book-deal with Shit My Dad Says. Simon & Schuster was the buyer, so you can expect plenty of distribution. No word on what they paid for the book, but think about this: Greg Smith got $1.5 million after writing just an op-ed about Goldman. @"GSElevator" has been entertaining us for years now, and has evidently promised a few kill shots against the Vampire Squid where Greg Smith failed to deliver.
I, for one, can't wait. They're one of the Top 5 funniest Twitter accounts in my opinion, and I expect nothing less from the book. It's not going to be all rainbows and ponies for everyone, though. We can probably expect a pretty savage backlash from the hoi polloi when some of the trademark elitist snark leaks pre-publication.
That's awesome, can't wait for it to come out
Looking forward to this one.
Looks like I've got my next Monkey's Review lined up...
Should be good. On a related note, I thought the GSElevator twitter used to be way better but it seems to have slowed down more recently. The stories and lists he publishes are awesome though, hopefully the book is more of that caliber and not just random quips that any jackass can submit.
he also started to post tweets and delete them shortly after
First we get the best of braverman book, then the wolf of wall street movie, now an gselevator book, too much bliss of us monkeys I must say.
How has no one found out who he is though? The book should be a great read.
That's it....I'm going to have to write a book as well.
Looking forward to it. One of my favorites...
Great news. Can't wait to see this. I hope it's as good as I'm imagining it could be.
They have got to get a new title, that sounds like a eulogy. I had to check my pulse after reading it.
Excellent! Looking forward to the read. I'm curious, what makes up the rest of your top 5 funny twitter accounts to follow?
meh, i can understand the enthusiasm from some but this kind of thing is getting played out no?
Why would I buy the book when the twitter account is free?
Love the twitter account - this is great news
Not to mention Kevin Roose's book, "Young Money," is out in a few months too.
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