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19%OFFAlex Cuadros - Brazillionaires: The Godfathers of Modern Brazil - 9781781253878 - V9781781253878
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Brazillionaires: The Godfathers of Modern Brazil

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Description for Brazillionaires: The Godfathers of Modern Brazil Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JKVK; JPZ; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 216 x 37. Weight in Grams: 446.
Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award Wealth and power on the trail of the super-rich In 2012, Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista was the eighth richest man in the world, his $30bn fortune built on Brazil's incredible natural resources. By the middle of 2013 he had lost it all, engulfed in scandal. Brazillionaires is a fast-paced account of Batista's rise and fall: a story of helicopter flights, beach-front penthouses and high-speed car crashes. Along the way, it tells the parallel story of Brazil itself, a ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781253878
SKU
V9781781253878
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About Alex Cuadros
Alex Cuadros is a freelance journalist and writer based in New York. He spent six years living in Sao Paulo and has written for the New York Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post and Bloomberg, where he was a dedicated 'billionaires reporter'. This is his first book.

Reviews for Brazillionaires: The Godfathers of Modern Brazil
There is no way to understand Brazil, the world's fifth largest country, without understanding how a handful of billionaires shape the country's politics, media and economy. With his profound insights and deep reporting, Alex Cuadros is an indispensable voice in telling this story of excess, corruption and a society torn between hope and turmoil.
Glenn Greenwald
Intercept
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