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Greed, glory, and the epic 1980s takeover of RJR Nabisco.

Barbarians at the Gate

The Fall of RJR Nabisco

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  • Hardcover

    592 pages

  • Release Date

    28 October 2008

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Summary

#1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco at the hands of a massive leveraged buyout from investment firm KKR.

A book that stormed both the bestseller list and the public imagination, a book that created a genre of its own, and a book that gets at the heart of 1980s Wall Street and the culture it helped define, Barbarians at the Gate is a modern class…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780061655548
ISBN-10:0061655546
Author:Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:HarperCollins Publishers
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:592
Edition:20th
Release Date:28 October 2008
Weight:871g
Dimensions:36mm x 152mm x 236mm
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Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough - ISBN: 9780061655548
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

“The most piercing and compelling narrative of a deal to date.”

“It’s hard to imagine a better story…and it’s hard to imagine a better account” - Chicago Tribune

“A superlative book…steadily builds suspense until the very end.” - Los Angeles Times Book Review

“The fascinating inside story of the largest corporate takeover in American history… It reads like a novel.” - Today Show

“The most piercing and compelling narrative of a deal to date.” - Boston Globe

“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 1980’s.” - New York Times Book Review

“Impressive qualities… delicious scenes… a cinematic yet extraordinarily careful book.” - Ken Auletta, New York Daily News

About The Author

Bryan Burrough

Bryan Burrough is a special correspondent at Vanity Fair and the author of five books.

John Helyar is a columnist for Bloomberg News. He previously wrote for the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and ESPN, and is the author of Lords of the Realm: The Real History of Baseball.

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