"A Plimptonesque revel, one of the most entertaining business books to come around in a long while." —KIRKUS REVIEWS (STARRED)
"As Leg the Spread makes clear, anyone who wants to encounter capitalism red in tooth and claw should visit the Merc's trading floor. If there's ever a street rumble between commodities brokers and stock brokers, bet on the commodities brokers. They don't call it 'the Pit' for nothing." —FORBES
"Leg the Spread is a kind book about a cruel world. If you're a woman, Cari Lynn's salty memoir will hearten you, though it might not sway you to enter the futures trading field. If you're a man, it will embarrass you; most of the men here are pigs. If you're greedy, it might empower you regardless of your gender because the money can be unbelievable." —THE BOSTON GLOBE
ELLE magazine, "Readers' Prize"
CHICAGO READER, "Critic's Choice"
"This is a rip-roaring view of one woman's life in the trading pits of Chicago. Cari Lynn, a young writer who spent two years as a clerk at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, finds a world populated by larger-than-life characters, high-stakes risk-taking, and excess in all its forms. We follow along as she evolves from an innocent, overwhelmed by the sights, sounds and smells of the male chauvinists who dominate the trading floor, to an astute observer of what goes on amid the hard-drinking, fist-pounding, foul-mouthed mob." - THE ECONOMIST
"A sexy, adrenalized, very cool book that is a lesson as well as a pleasure." James McManus, bestselling author of Positively Fifth Street
"This wasn't going to be a starting-a-new-job scenario where people introduce themselves and wish you luck. This was a place where, if you screwed up, someone could come at you with a raised fist. You couldn't care who was touching you, who was screaming at you, or who just knocked you over," writes Cari Lynn of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange -- the "Merc" -- birthplace of futures trading.
