This book presents itself as a "financial thriller novel real." It is also written as a story with a script, episode titles and shock "Find Pierre (to pay Paul)," "more red flags in the Soviet Union." It gives all the names of the protagonists of the case, whether on Wall Street or the side of the financial regulators. As with any story, there is a hero, with his weapons: the mastery of mathematics ("who never lie") and a keen sense of ethics. As with any story, there is a wicked, it is expected that cesoit Bernard Madoff, but ultimately over the pages, but rather the SEC plays this role. The spring is more dramatic on the demonstration of the incompetence of the SEC as the fall of Bernard Madoff.