The book
Confessions of a Wall Street Insider
A cautionary tale of rats, feds & banksters. Skyhorse Publishing.
The lion's share of the book was written while Michael was an inmate at Lewisburg Penitentiary. In nearly two years behind bars he reflected on the years before — rubbing elbows and throwing back far too many cocktails with financial titans and figures from sports and entertainment; making and losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in daily gambles on the Street; getting involved with the wrong people, who eventually turned on him; and realizing that none of it mattered in the end.
As he writes: "Stripped of family, friends, time, and humanity, if there's ever a place to give one pause, it's prison . . . Tomorrow is promised to no one."
Reviews
What readers said
“If you occasionally overlook your partner's fast and loose behavior, Confessions of a Wall Street Insider is required reading. You might avoid 30 months in jail and spare your family the ignominy, which Mike Kimelman learned the hard way and now chronicles in a WTF page-turner for anyone with a pulse.”
Norb VonnegutAuthor of The Trust and The Dirty Little Secrets of Money“When prosecutors place a political agenda and career ambition over truth and justice, people inevitably get trampled. Michael Kimelman is a perfect example of that collateral damage.”
Joe TacopinaBestselling author and trial lawyer“If you like wild rides, you'll love Confessions of a Wall Street Insider, Michael Kimelman's gripping, well-written memoir of his incredible journey from an associate at the tony law firm Sullivan & Cromwell to the lunacy of day trading and into the great beyond of Wall Street hedge funds.”
William D. CohanBestselling author of House of Cards“Kimelman's account as a defendant in the federal criminal justice system provides insights into just how broken, and frightening, that system has become.”
Walt Pavlo, Jr.Forbes columnist and co-author of Stolen Without a Gun“Kimelman is guilty of one thing: writing a helluva book. If you want a front row seat to a Wall Street witch hunt — read this.”
Turney DuffBestselling author of The Buy Side