Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco. This item is unavailable.Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco

A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout:\nThe leveraged buyout of the RJR Nabisco Corporation for $25 billion is a landmark in American business history, a story of avarice on an epic scale. Two versions of the fierce competition for the largest buyout ever consummated are presented by skilled journalists with contrasting styles. Burrough and Helyar are clearly fascinated with the personalities of the players in the deal and with the trappings of corporate wealth. The restless, flamboyant personality of Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR Nabisco, is portrayed as the key to the events that were to unfold. The colorful description of all of the players and the events will likely have broad appeal. Lampert signals the complexity of her story by introducing her narrative with a three-page cast of characters. Her focus on the strategy of the players and on the fast-paced action provides a more concise description of a deal big enough to augment the wealth of many rich people.

"All the suspense of a first-rate thriller - one of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate America and Wall Street in the 1980s." (New York Times Book Review)

"One of the greatest business books ever written" (New York Times)

"It's hard to imagine a better story" (Chicago Tribune)

"The most bizarre financial mock-epic of our age. Read it open-mouthed; wonder and shudder." (Independent)