Título: Serpent on the Rock
Autor: Kurt Eichenwald
Sinopse: It was the summer of '81 and the brokers at the shabby offices of Bache & Co. couldn't have been happier: After years of their business being tainted by one scandal after another, the beleaguered firm was being purchased by one of America's most respected institutions, Prudential Insurance. Soon rechristened as Prudential-Bache Securities, the brokerage firm would continued the trust needed to attract thousands of new investors eager to put their savings into rock-solid investments. Yet as billions of dollars began pouring in from around the country, Pru-Bache executives and their outside sponsors of investment deals were secretly eating into the very cash Pru-Bache was supposed to be protecting - and indeed growing - for their customers. As their brokers were touting financially shaky limited partnership deals as safe and solid investments, everyone from elderly retirees to sophisticated investors was being duped, with hundreds of thousands of them losing their homes, their retirement funds, or massive chunks of their savings. Meanwhile, executives at Pru-Bache and their colleagues were enjoying lavish party vacations, exorbitant personal gifts, and business trips aboard ships like the QE2 - all paid for by the investor capital with which they were entrusted. By the time regulators could pin anything on Pru-Bache, what began as the comeback story of the '80s had become the most destructive scandal Wall Street had ever known. In Serpent on the Rock, award-winning reporter Kurt Eichenwald, who investigated the scandal for the New York Times, tells the whole devastating story of the rot behind the dignified facade of Wall Street. With intricate detail of the crimes and lies behind the "rock-solid" image, Eichenwald re-creates the colorful characters who were the primary enablers of the massive scandal the company is still reeling from today. Acabamento: Paperback. Peso: 590g. Dimensões: 23 x 16 x 1.
Contexto da obra
Dentro do catálogo, este livro pode ser situado a partir do tema, da autoria e da proposta editorial. “Serpent on the Rock”, de Kurt Eichenwald, publicado pela editora Broadway, em 2005 e com 528 páginas, integra a categoria Ficção Científica - Estrangeira. Esse enquadramento pode tornar mais clara a proposta do livro e o tipo de interesse que ele costuma despertar.
Editora: Broadway
Páginas: 528
Ano: 2005
Edição: 1ª EDIÇÃO
ISBN:
ISBN13: 9780767923842
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Broadway convidam o leitor a navegar por narrativas que transitam entre memórias pessoais intensas, relatos de superação e histórias marcadas por conflitos humanos profundos. O catálogo revela um interesse claro por biografias e memórias que expõem dramas familiares, contextos sociais complexos e trajetórias de resistência, muitas vezes com tom direto e emocional. Em paralelo, há espaço para obras que exploram o universo da gastronomia com receitas detalhadas e métodos práticos, aproximando o leitor de experiências cotidianas e sensoriais. A diversidade do catálogo da Broadway se manifesta também em textos que misturam elementos de suspense, drama e fantasia, sugerindo um ritmo variado que pode ir do relato intimista ao enredo mais dinâmico.
