Book Review: The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust by Diana B. Henriques

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May 5, 2011 at 9:00 PM UTC

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This article is part of the May 9, 2011 issue of businessweek.

By Diana B. Henriques
Times Books; 448 pp, $30

People are greedy," Bernard Madoff tells Diana B. Henriques in a jailhouse interview. "I told everyone, 'Don't put more than half of your money with me—you don't know, I could go crazy.'"