The Chairman: A Novel: 1 (Christian Gillette) - Softcover

Frey, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345457617 ISBN 13: 9780345457615

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2005

Synopsis

No one knows the dark side of "The Street" better than master storyteller Stephen Frey, author of such riveting novels as Shadow Account and The Day Trader. Now, in his most ambitious work to date, Frey proves that no writer can put a high-powered hero at greater risk, nor offer readers more thrilling rewards.
A towering legend among New York private equity partnerships, Everest Capital is aptly named. When its founder meets an untimely death, thirty-six-year-old superstar Christian Gillette gets the top job. But with the power and prestige come risks. The day he narrowly escapes a fiery explosion that consumes his limo and takes two innocent lives, Gillette instantly understands how intense those risks are.

It comes as no surprise to him that he has enemies in the world of multibillion--dollar deals. But now that he controls Everest, he's not going to let those enemies keep him from taking the firm-and himself-to even greater heights. Gillette has never hesitated to be aggressive, even ruthless, in his pursuit of success. This time will be no exception.

But in order to forge the alliances necessary to achieve his goals, Gillette forsakes a cardinal rule: Never trust anyone. The only certainties are the insidious campaign of corporate sabotage that could cost Gillette his job and the relentless assassination attempts that could cost him his life. To break a deadly conspiracy of greed, he'll be forced to walk-then run-an ever-blurring line between loyalty and betrayal, attack and retreat, survival and destruction . . . in the ultimate game of profit and loss.

With The Chairman, Stephen Frey presides with intensified skill over the market he has so dramatically cornered-sharpening his patented brand of hard-boiled high-finance intrigue to its keenest cutting edge yet.

From the Hardcover edition.

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Review

PRAISE FOR STEPHEN FREY
The Chairman
"A great read all the way. Wall Street's dark side is brilliantly portrayed by Stephen Frey. This is a high-stakes power play at its most ferocious level. Read it!"
-DONALD J. TRUMP
Shadow Account
"Action-packed . . . Bookkeeping chicanery, insider trading, and other big-business conspiracies abound."
-The Wall Street Journal
"
""This is the sort of fiction that skates dangerously close to truth."
-Los Angeles Times
"
""Deft suspense . . . wickedly good."
-Forbes
"
"Silent Partner
"Fast-moving, zestful, stirring . . . full of twists and surprises . . . compelling characters."
-Los Angeles Times Book Review
"Danger and deception dominate. . . . A worthy counterpart to Frey's previous bestselling novels."
-New York Daily News
"Springs plenty of surprises . . . In Silent Partner, the villains are seldom what they seem-nor are the heroes."
-Orlando Sentinel

"From the

PRAISE FOR STEPHEN FREY

The Chairman
"A great read all the way. Wall Street's dark side is brilliantly portrayed by Stephen Frey. This is a high-stakes power play at its most ferocious level. Read it!"
-DONALD J. TRUMP

Shadow Account
"Action-packed . . . Bookkeeping chicanery, insider trading, and other big-business conspiracies abound."
-The Wall Street Journal
"
""This is the sort of fiction that skates dangerously close to truth."
-Los Angeles Times
"
""Deft suspense . . . wickedly good."
-Forbes
"
"Silent Partner
"Fast-moving, zestful, stirring . . . full of twists and surprises . . . compelling characters."
-Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Danger and deception dominate. . . . A worthy counterpart to Frey's previous bestselling novels."
-New York Daily News

"Springs plenty of surprises . . . In Silent Partner, the villains are seldom what they seem-nor are the heroes."
-Orlando Sentinel
"From the Hardcover edition."

PRAISE FOR STEPHEN FREY
The Chairman
A great read all the way. Wall Street s dark side is brilliantly portrayed by Stephen Frey. This is a high-stakes power play at its most ferocious level. Read it!
DONALD J. TRUMP
Shadow Account
Action-packed . . . Bookkeeping chicanery, insider trading, and other big-business conspiracies abound.
The Wall Street Journal
"
" This is the sort of fiction that skates dangerously close to truth.
Los Angeles Times
"
" Deft suspense . . . wickedly good.
Forbes
"
"Silent Partner
Fast-moving, zestful, stirring . . . full of twists and surprises . . . compelling characters.
Los Angeles Times Book Review
Danger and deception dominate. . . . A worthy counterpart to Frey s previous bestselling novels.
New York Daily News
Springs plenty of surprises . . . In Silent Partner, the villains are seldom what they seem nor are the heroes.
Orlando Sentinel

"From the Hardcover edition.""

PRAISE FOR STEPHEN FREY
The Chairman
A great read all the way. Wall Street s dark side is brilliantly portrayed by Stephen Frey. This is a high-stakes power play at its most ferocious level. Read it!
DONALD J. TRUMP
Shadow Account
Action-packed . . . Bookkeeping chicanery, insider trading, and other big-business conspiracies abound.
The Wall Street Journal

This is the sort of fiction that skates dangerously close to truth.
Los Angeles Times

Deft suspense . . . wickedly good.
Forbes

Silent Partner
Fast-moving, zestful, s --New York Daily News
Springs ple

About the Author

STEPHEN FREY is a managing director at a northern Virginia private equity firm. He previously worked in mergers and acquisitions at J. P. Morgan and as a vice president of corporate finance at an international bank in Manhattan. Frey is also the bestselling author of Shadow Account, Silent Partner, The Day Trader, Trust Fund, The Insider, The Legacy, The Inner Sanctum, The Vulture Fund, and The Takeover.

From the Hardcover edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0345457617
• ISBN 13: 9780345457615
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432