Serpent on the Rock
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.87 (737 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0767923847 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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I would love to believe these swindles can't happen again It is a book that takes you behind the curtains of "investments" for one's retirement. I am not a big specialist on investment etc. and yet Kurt Eichenwald managed to keep me hooked on this book. I would love to believe these swindles can't happen again, but when you don't administer an exemplary punishment to the fat cats who swollowed the retirement money of the small citizens you know they will inv. Five Stars Great book. An eye-opener of those who duped the public and got away with much of it. A startling account of greed and avarice and the sociopathic thinking of people who put other's financial lives in ruin.A non-stop read written with detail and excitement. If one is a novice investor this is a must read. For those of you who are sophisticated in the ways of the financial world, this book will not be a surprise, although still unsettling .
A real-life thriller—the story of kickbacks and payoffs, of shady deals struck in secret with known felons; a story in which half a million people lose enormous sums—some their life’s savings—in the largest securities fraud of the 1980s, with names like Onassis and Bush numbered among the victims.
. KURT EICHENWALD has written for the New York Times for more than seventeen years. His last book, the highly praised Conspiracy of Fools, was a New York Times bestseller. A two-time winner of the George Polk Award for Excellence in Journalism and a finalist for the 2000 Pulitzer Prize, he has been s
—Barron’sA GENUINE PAGE-TURNER reads like a novel with bigger-than-lifecharacters comprehensive, impeccably sourced and striking in its detail.—Dallas Morning NewsKurt Eichenwald’s cinematic storytelling and command of complex details create a disturbing and damning drama. —New York TimesIF YOU WANT AN INSIDE LOOK AT WALL STREET AT ITS WORST, READ THIS BOOK.—Washington PostA DRAMATIC BOOK A RIVETING ACCOUNT GREAT WRITING THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO KEEP THE PAGES TURNING. —San Diego Union-TribuneBLOWS AWAY THRILLERS BY JOHN GRISHAM AND TOM CLANCY This book has it all: suspense and horror, greed and pure malice, along with heartbreak and the eternal, valiant struggle of the little guy against the forces of evil By two sentences into Serpent,