576 pages
English language
Published Aug. 23, 2010 by Penguin Random House.
576 pages
English language
Published Aug. 23, 2010 by Penguin Random House.
The true story of the late 1980s leveraged buyout (LBO) of American food and tobacco conglomerate RJR Nabisco, at the time the leveraged buyout in history. The book focuses on the personalities scrambling to win control of the company riding a wave of cash raised through "junk" bonds.