568. Why Are People So Mad at Michael Lewis?

Lewis got incredible access to Sam Bankman-Fried, the billionaire behind the spectacular FTX fraud. His book is a bestseller, but some critics say he went too easy on S.B.F. Lewis tells us why the critics are wrong — and what it’s like to watch your book get turned into a courtroom drama. SOURCES: Michael Lewis , author. RESOURCES: Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon , by Michael Lewis (2023). " Column: In Michael Lewis, Sam Bankman-Fried Found His Last and Most Willing Victim ," by Michael Hiltzik ( Los Angeles Times, 2023). " Even Michael Lewis Can’t Make a Hero Out of Sam Bankman-Fried ," by Jennifer Szalai ( The New York Times, 2023). " Michael Lewis Goes Close on Sam Bankman-Fried — Maybe Too Close ," by James Ledbetter ( The Washington Post, 2023). " What You Won’t Learn From Michael Lewis’ Book on FTX Could Fill Another Book ," by Julia M. Klein ( Los Angeles Times, 2023). " Michael Lewis’s Big Contrarian Bet ," by Gideon Lewis-Kraus ( The New Yorker, 2023). " He-Said, They-Said ," by John Lanchester ( London Review of Books, 2023). " Downfall of the Crypto King ," by Jesse Armstrong ( The Times Literary Supplement, 2023). " FTX Debtors vs. Joseph Bankman and B…