The Wall Street stages of grief go something like this: Anger, bargaining, acceptance, tell-all biography.

Deal Journal exclusively brings you two detailed excerpts from House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street by William D. Cohan, to be published in March, 2009 by Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc. Cohan brings lively quotes about the tensions surrounding the death of Bear Stearns.

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