Conspiracy Of Fools: A True Story (Random House Large Print) - Hardcover

Eichenwald, Kurt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375434496 ISBN 13: 9780375434495

Publisher: Random House Large Print, 2005

Synopsis

In 2000, when The Informant was published, few wouldx80x99ve imagined that a story about price fixing at Archer Daniels Midland could be as un-put-downable as the best crime fiction. Yet criticsx80x94and consumersx80x94agreed: The New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald had taken the stuff of dry business reporting and turned it into an unparalleled page-turner. With Conspiracy of Fools, Eichenwald has done it again.Say the name x80x9cEnronx80x9d and most people believe theyx80x99ve heard all about the story that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever. But in the hands of Kurt Eichenwald, the players we think we know and the business practices we think have been exposed are transformed into entirely newx80x94and entirely grippingx80x94material. The cast includes but is not limited to George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Paul Ox80x99Neill, Harvey Pitt, Colin Powell, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Alan Greenspan, Ken Lay, Andy Fastow, Jeff Skilling, Bill Clinton, Rupert Murdoch, and Michael Eisner. Providing a you-are-there glimpse behind closed doors in the executive suites of the Enron Corporation, the Texas governorx80x99s mansion, the Justice Department, and even the Oval Office, Conspiracy of Fools is an all-true financial and political thriller of cinematic proportions.

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Review

Praise for Kurt Eichenwald's bestseller, "The Informant"
"Ranks with "A Civil Action" as one of the best nonfiction books of the last decade."
--"New York Times Book Review"
"The thriller of the year--and it's all true!"
--"Dallas Morning News"
"One of the most intriguing--and nearly unbelievable--nonfiction books in recent memory . . . a tangled tale worthy of John Le Carre."
--"Portland Oregonian
""A compelling narrative . . . a business book for Grisham readers."
--"Chicago Tribune"
"Reads like a well-written whodunit."
--"Denver Post"
"A spellbinding account, as much of a page-turner as a Grisham novel."
--"Washington Monthly
"
"I guarantee it'll keep you reading late into the night."
--Jonathan Harr, author of "A Civil Action
"

Praise for Kurt Eichenwald s bestseller, "The Informant"
Ranks with "A Civil Action" as one of the best nonfiction books of the last decade.
"New York Times Book Review"
The thriller of the year and it s all true!
"Dallas Morning News"
One of the most intriguing and nearly unbelievable nonfiction books in recent memory . . . a tangled tale worthy of John Le Carre.
"Portland Oregonian
" A compelling narrative . . . a business book for Grisham readers.
"Chicago Tribune"
Reads like a well-written whodunit.
"Denver Post"
A spellbinding account, as much of a page-turner as a Grisham novel.
"Washington Monthly
"
I guarantee it ll keep you reading late into the night.
Jonathan Harr, author of "A Civil Action
""

Praise for Kurt Eichenwald s bestseller, The Informant
Ranks with A Civil Action as one of the best nonfiction books of the last decade.
New York Times Book Review
The thriller of the year and it s all true!
Dallas Morning News
One of the most intriguing and nearly unbelievable nonfiction books in recent memory . . . a tangled tale worthy of John Le Carre.
Portland Oregonian
A compelling narrative . . . a business book for Grisham readers.
Chicago Tribune
Reads like a well-written whodunit.
Denver Post
A spellbinding account, as much of a page-turner as a Grisham novel.
Washington Monthly

I guarantee it ll keep you reading late into the night.
Jonathan Harr, author of A Civil Action
"

Praise for Kurt Eichenwald's bestseller, The Informant
"Ranks with A Civil Action as one of the best nonfiction books of the last decade."
--New York Times Book Review
"The thriller of the year--and it's all true!"
--Dallas Morning News
"One of the most intriguing--and nearly unbelievable--nonfiction books in recent memory . . . a tangled tale worthy of John Le Carre."
--Portland Oregonian
"A compelling narrative . . . a business book for Grisham readers."
--Chicago Tribune
"Reads like a well-written whodunit."
--Denver Post
"A spellbinding account, as much of a page-turner as a Grisham novel."
--Washington Monthly

"I guarantee it'll keep you reading late into the night."
--Jonathan Harr, author of A Civil Action

About the Author

Kurt Eichenwald wrote for the New York Times for more than twenty years before becoming a senior writer for Newsweek. A two-time winner of the George Polk Award for excellence in journalism and a finalist for the 2000 Pulitzer Prize, he has been selected repeatedly for the TJFR Business News Reporter as one of the nation's most influential financial journalists. His book, The Informant was turned into a major motion picture. He lives in Dallas with his wife and three children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Large Print
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375434496
• ISBN 13: 9780375434495
• Binding: Hardcover