Barbarians at the Gate, Bryan Burrough
Barbarians at the Gate, Bryan Burrough
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Barbarians at the Gate

Author: Bryan Burrough, John Helyar

Narrator: Bryan Burrough, John Helyar

Abridged: 2 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/03/2007


Synopsis

“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
A #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. An enduring masterpiece of investigative journalism by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, it includes a new afterword by the authors that brings this remarkable story of greed and double-dealings up to date twenty years after the famed deal. The Los Angeles Times calls Barbarians at the Gate, “Superlative.” The Chicago Tribune raves, “It’s hard to imagine a better story...and it’s hard to imagine a better account.” And in an era of spectacular business crashes and federal bailouts, it still stands as a valuable cautionary tale that must be heeded.

About John Helyar

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Arminius on July 30, 2015

Barbarians at the Gates is a fascinating tale about the rise and fall of food giant Nabisco. Ross Johnson was head of Nabisco’s rival Standard Brands. They show how he used his affable personality and his ability to befriend coworkers, bosses and over-seeing boards to propel himself to Standard’s CE......more

Goodreads review by Nick on January 03, 2013

went up to the parents' house over christmas, and found this in the garage, and was like "what? the parents don't read books" and, worried it might be mistaken for a delicious meal, grabbed it. there's some purple fucking prose in this book! Here's how not to write compelling narrative, kids: The atm......more

Goodreads review by ALLEN on November 03, 2020

If the business of America is business, then few books said as much about American business -- and America -- than this 1989 bestseller about the chain of mergers and acquisitions that came to pass when RJR merged with Nabisco and the big-money boys with their Bvlgari watches and Hermes ties got inv......more

Goodreads review by Nicola on October 08, 2023

An in-depth look at the innately ugly world of the leveraged buyout, and how it seriously screwed up RJR Nabisco when their senior management made some terrible missteps. Well written and expertly researched.......more

Goodreads review by Sean on July 19, 2007

If you haven’t noticed, I am a connoisseur of the business bestseller. I read ‘em all, and this one is among the best. This, Den of Thieves and the Informant are as good as these books get. Here we got conniving and scheming on a massive scale. Extremely unlikable rich assholes brought low by equall......more