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  "slug": "den-of-thieves",
  "title": "Den of Thieves",
  "author": "James B. Stewart",
  "theme": "midnight",
  "number": "02",
  "description": "A source-backed reading room for James B. Stewart’s Den of Thieves: reported Wall Street history, verified editions, new and used copy routes, library borrowing, and an optional discussion guide.",
  "image": "/images/bookshop/den-of-thieves.webp",
  "imageAlt": "An imagined midnight skyline beyond reflective glass, with pale financial papers and a restrained glint of gold in the foreground.",
  "artworkTitle": "Paper trail / Midnight study",
  "kicker": "The numbers have names.",
  "heroNote": "People, deals, and investigations. A reported history of Wall Street in the 1980s.",
  "genre": "Reported nonfiction",
  "firstPublication": "1991",
  "language": "English",
  "checked": "2026-10-02",
  "checkedLabel": "October 2, 2026",
  "introTitle": "Start with the people.",
  "intro": [
    "Den of Thieves follows the 1980s Wall Street insider-trading investigations through financiers and the people pursuing them. Stewart draws on interviews, trading records and grand-jury material. Begin with the people rather than the jargon: who knows something, who can act on it, and who is willing to ask how the advantage was obtained.",
    "Read it as reported history. Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine are among the central figures; the relationships are a useful foothold before the financial vocabulary. Stewart shared the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism with Daniel Hertzberg for their Wall Street Journal reporting. That award recognized the reporting, not this book."
  ],
  "introSources": [
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    "columbia",
    "pulitzer"
  ],
  "facts": [
    {
      "label": "First published",
      "value": "1991"
    },
    {
      "label": "Form",
      "value": "Reported nonfiction"
    },
    {
      "label": "Original language",
      "value": "English"
    },
    {
      "label": "Translator",
      "value": "Not applicable"
    }
  ],
  "cards": [
    {
      "id": "den-paperback",
      "label": "The reading copy",
      "title": "Trade paperback",
      "kinds": [
        "new",
        "used",
        "borrow"
      ],
      "format": "Trade paperback",
      "publisher": "Simon & Schuster",
      "isbn": "9780671792275",
      "editionDate": "1992-09-01",
      "length": "592 pages",
      "why": "Choose print for margin notes and returning to the people and transactions as you read. The current publisher listing verifies this paperback's format and length; it does not advertise special supplementary material.",
      "note": "Supplementary material and individual copy condition are not verified. A later format date does not establish a revision.",
      "source": "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Den-of-Thieves/James-B-Stewart/9780671792275",
      "routes": [
        {
          "kind": "new",
          "label": "Publisher & new options",
          "url": "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Den-of-Thieves/James-B-Stewart/9780671792275"
        },
        {
          "kind": "used",
          "label": "Compare used copies",
          "url": "https://www.abebooks.com/9780671792275/Thieves-Stewart-James-B-067179227X/plp",
          "note": "Compare edition, condition, and delivery details with each seller."
        },
        {
          "kind": "borrow",
          "label": "Find print at a library",
          "url": "https://search.worldcat.org/title/Den-of-thieves/oclc/24214127",
          "note": "WorldCat record is the 1991 English print publication, not a verification of this paperback's local holdings. Ask your library for ISBN 9780671792275 or a suitable print edition."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "den-ebook",
      "label": "The portable copy",
      "title": "Ebook",
      "kinds": [
        "new",
        "borrow"
      ],
      "format": "Ebook",
      "publisher": "Simon & Schuster",
      "isbn": "9781439126202",
      "editionDate": "2012-11-20",
      "length": "592 pages",
      "why": "Choose digital reading when portability matters. The publisher identifies this ebook; the Los Angeles Public Library catalog independently matches its ISBN and lists EPUB and OverDrive Read formats.",
      "note": "The checked library record matches this ebook ISBN. Retail device compatibility, library eligibility, holdings, and waits remain provider-specific.",
      "source": "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Den-of-Thieves/James-B-Stewart/9781439126202",
      "routes": [
        {
          "kind": "new",
          "label": "Publisher ebook options",
          "url": "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Den-of-Thieves/James-B-Stewart/9781439126202"
        },
        {
          "kind": "borrow",
          "label": "Check library ebook",
          "url": "https://lapl.overdrive.com/library/neighborhoodreads/media/1144175",
          "note": "A Los Angeles Public Library ebook route. A qualifying card and a licensed copy are required; ask your own library about access."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "den-audio",
      "label": "The listening copy",
      "title": "Unabridged audio",
      "kinds": [
        "new"
      ],
      "format": "Unabridged audio download",
      "publisher": "Simon & Schuster Audio",
      "isbn": "9781442369566",
      "editionDate": "2013-09-17",
      "length": "19 hours 35 minutes",
      "why": "Choose Johnny Heller's unabridged narration when you want to listen to the complete book. The publisher also lists a separate abridged audio edition, so check the word 'unabridged' when choosing.",
      "note": "Narrated by Johnny Heller. Audio-specific library holdings and retailer device compatibility are not verified. No used digital route is offered.",
      "source": "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Den-of-Thieves/James-B-Stewart/9781442369566",
      "routes": [
        {
          "kind": "new",
          "label": "Publisher audio options",
          "url": "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Den-of-Thieves/James-B-Stewart/9781442369566"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "borrowNote": "The WorldCat print record is the 1991 English publication, not a confirmation of this paperback’s local holdings. Ask your library for the title and author, or ISBN 9780671792275. The checked LAPL ebook record matches ISBN 9781439126202. Libraries set card eligibility, reservations, and interlibrary-loan rules.",
  "pathways": [
    {
      "number": "A",
      "label": "First encounter",
      "title": "Keep a list of names.",
      "text": "Begin with the introduction, choose a format, and keep a small list of people and institutions. Add connections as the narrative makes them clear.",
      "link": {
        "label": "Choose your copy",
        "url": "#copies"
      }
    },
    {
      "number": "B",
      "label": "Alongside the book",
      "title": "Read the reporting.",
      "text": "Follow one transaction: who has information, who acts on it, and who asks questions? Return to the book’s documentation to distinguish an attributed account from your own inference.",
      "link": {
        "label": "Meet the reporter",
        "url": "https://journalism.columbia.edu/directory/james-stewart"
      }
    },
    {
      "number": "C",
      "label": "After finishing",
      "title": "Compare your readings.",
      "text": "Choose one question about incentives and one about the craft of reporting. Discuss the same passage in the edition each person is using, rather than assuming pagination matches.",
      "link": {
        "label": "Open the optional guide",
        "url": "#guide"
      }
    }
  ],
  "guideIntro": "The book’s investigation and consequences are part of its discovery. Keep the panels below closed until you want to discuss how the story is told and what it asks of a reader.",
  "themes": [
    {
      "title": "Information and advantage",
      "text": "Trace how knowledge passes between people and institutions. Consider how small choices accumulate into a system."
    },
    {
      "title": "Status and rationalisation",
      "text": "Look for the explanations people give themselves, and for the social rewards that make those explanations easier to believe."
    },
    {
      "title": "Investigation as narrative",
      "text": "Notice how the reporter controls sequence, access and perspective. Ask what changes when an event is revisited from another participant's position."
    }
  ],
  "questions": [
    "Choose one transaction. Who knew what, at what moment, and how did that knowledge change the choices available to others?",
    "Where does the book show ambition turning into an excuse? Which details make that transition persuasive to you?",
    "How do friendships, professional loyalties and the desire for status affect decisions on both sides of the investigation?",
    "Compare a deal-making passage with an investigative passage. How does Stewart change pace, perspective or the kind of evidence he presents?",
    "Which turning point depends most on an individual decision, and which depends on an institution? Would a different choice have altered the chain of events?",
    "After the consequences arrive, what questions remain about responsibility, market trust and the reader's ability to judge a reported account?"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "publisher-paperback",
      "label": "Simon & Schuster — Den of Thieves, trade paperback",
      "url": "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Den-of-Thieves/James-B-Stewart/9780671792275",
      "type": "primary publisher",
      "note": "Correct title and author; nonfiction subject and central figures; described research materials; trade paperback; September 1 1992; 592 pages; ISBN 9780671792275."
    },
    {
      "id": "publisher-ebook",
      "label": "Simon & Schuster — Den of Thieves, ebook",
      "url": "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Den-of-Thieves/James-B-Stewart/9781439126202",
      "type": "primary publisher",
      "note": "Ebook format; November 20 2012; 592 pages; ISBN 9781439126202. Offers publisher and retailer purchase options."
    },
    {
      "id": "publisher-audio",
      "label": "Simon & Schuster Audio — Den of Thieves, unabridged",
      "url": "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Den-of-Thieves/James-B-Stewart/9781442369566",
      "type": "primary publisher",
      "note": "Johnny Heller narration; unabridged audio download; September 17 2013; 19 hours 35 minutes; ISBN 9781442369566; separate abridged format exists."
    },
    {
      "id": "worldcat-original",
      "label": "WorldCat — Den of thieves, 1991 print record",
      "url": "https://search.worldcat.org/title/Den-of-thieves/oclc/24214127",
      "type": "primary library catalog",
      "note": "Title, author, English print format, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1991. Publication history and library discovery route."
    },
    {
      "id": "columbia",
      "label": "Columbia Journalism School — James Stewart",
      "url": "https://journalism.columbia.edu/directory/james-stewart",
      "type": "primary academic institution",
      "note": "Business journalism background, Wall Street in the 1980s as book subject, and reporting career. Describes him as Professor Emeritus; avoid using the older publisher bio to claim a current professor appointment."
    },
    {
      "id": "pulitzer",
      "label": "The Pulitzer Prizes — Daniel Hertzberg and James B. Stewart",
      "url": "https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/daniel-hertzberg-and-james-b-stewart",
      "type": "primary award institution",
      "note": "1988 Explanatory Journalism award, shared Wall Street Journal reporting award. This was a reporting prize, not a Pulitzer awarded to Den of Thieves."
    },
    {
      "id": "lapl-ebook",
      "label": "Los Angeles Public Library — Den of Thieves ebook",
      "url": "https://lapl.overdrive.com/library/neighborhoodreads/media/1144175",
      "type": "primary public library catalog",
      "note": "Exact ebook title, author, publisher, date and ISBN 9781439126202, EPUB/OverDrive Read; a lawful library borrowing route conditional on eligibility and holdings."
    },
    {
      "id": "used-abebooks",
      "label": "AbeBooks — ISBN 9780671792275 edition marketplace",
      "url": "https://www.abebooks.com/9780671792275/Thieves-Stewart-James-B-067179227X/plp",
      "type": "secondary bookseller",
      "note": "Verified edition page with used and new seller listings. Used-copy discovery only; not used as primary historical authority."
    }
  ],
  "rightsNote": "Summary, pathways, and discussion prompts are original editorial copy. This modern work is offered through publisher, bookseller, and licensed-library routes; no public-domain full text is claimed. The bookshop discusses historical reporting and does not state current securities law or offer investment advice.",
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