The Prince of Beers

Name: The Prince of Beers
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Alex Berenson
ISBN: 9781469294353

Author: Alex Berenson

Narrator: Alex Berenson

Unabridged: 1 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 01/11/2013

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History, Us History

Synopsis

August Busch IV had everything - or seemed to. In 2006, Busch became the chief executive of Anheuser-Busch, the sixth member of his family to control the legendary brewery. At age 42, Busch was handsome, wealthy, married to a beautiful woman, and running one of the biggest companies in America. Two years later, Busch lost control of Anheuser-Busch. Soon he was jobless, divorced, and struggling with alcohol and drugs. Then he woke to find his girlfriend, a waitress named Adrienne Martin, dead in his bed. From prize-winning novelist and former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson, The Prince of Beers is the true story of the secrets, lies, addiction, and family dysfunction behind Martin's death and Busch's shocking downfall.

About Alex Berenson

Alex Berenson is a former New York Times reporter whose work led to federal indictments and billions of dollars in corporate fines. His bestselling, Edgar Award-winning John Wells spy novels have sold more than a million copies.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Byron

I was already familiar with the story of August Busch IV, from having read another book on A-B, and from having read about a lot of these things in the paper back when they happened, but I figured this might have a few more salacious details. I mean, if Amazon cut this guy a check to write it. I was......more

Goodreads review by Andrew

What an unsavoury bunch! A short, fairly grim tale about a rich guy gone bad. Nothing remarkable in the tale and it's not remarkably written. In fact the story is told in a distinctly downbeat, and somewhat fragmented, way. It's one for people familiar with the family and wanting a bit more backgrou......more

Goodreads review by Carmen

Moral of the story: Being stupid rich doesn’t make one smarter or happier. But it does buy a lot of cocaine, girls and a get-out-of-jail-free passes.......more