Acknowledgments.

Allied Capital Stock Price Chart.

Who’s Who.

Introduction: The Spark of a Speech.

Part One: A Charity Case and Greenlight Capital.

Chapter 1 Before Greenlight.

Chapter 2 Getting the "Greenlight".

Chapter 3 Greenlight's Early Success.

Chapter 4 Value Investing through the Internet Bubble.

Chapter 5 Dissecting Allied Capital.

Part Two: Spinning So Fast Leaves Most People Dizzy.

Chapter 6 Allied Talks Back.

Chapter 7 Wall Street Analysts.

Chapter 8 The You-Have-Got-to-Be-Kidding-Me Method of Accounting.

Chapter 9 Fact—Or Maybe Not.

Chapter 10 Business Loan Express.

Chapter 11 Disengaging and Re-engaging.

Chapter 12 Me or Your Lyin’ Eyes?

Chapter 13 Debates and Manipulations.

Chapter 14 Rewarding Shareholders.

Chapter 15 BLX Is Worth What, Exactly?

Part Three: Would Somebody, Anybody, Wake Up?

Chapter 16 The Government Investigates.

Chapter 17 A Tough Morning.

Chapter 18 A Spinner, a Scribe, and a Scholar.

Chapter 19 Kroll Digs Deeper.

Chapter 20 Rousing the Authorities.

Chapter 21 A $9 Million Game of Three-Card Monte.

Part Four: How the System Works (and Doesn’t).

Chapter 22 Hello, Who’s There?

Chapter 23 Whistle-Blower.

Chapter 24 A Naked Attack.

Chapter 25 Another Loan Program, Another Fraud.

Chapter 26 The Smell of Politics.

Chapter 27 Insiders Getting the Money Out.

Part Five: Greenlight Was Right . . . Carry On.

Chapter 28 Charges and Denials.

Chapter 29 Charges and Admissions.

Chapter 30 Late Innings.

Chapter 31 The SEC Finds a Spot under the Rug.

Chapter 32 A Garden of Weeds.

Chapter 33 A Conviction, a Hearing, and a Dismissal.

Chapter 34 Blind Men, Elephants, Möbius Strips, and Moral Hazards.

Glossary.

About the Author.

Index.