Too Big to Jail by Chris Blackhurst
Too Big to Jail examines how HSBC became the Mexican drug cartel's bank of choice and how, when caught, they avoided prosecution.
Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you. . if it doesn't make you angry, you need to check your pulse -- Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the World
Blackhurst’s tale would make an exciting novel. But alarmingly, this is a true story, carefully researched and told with gusto -- Baroness Patience Wheatcroft, former editor of The Sunday Telegraph
A pacey, page turning thriller tale of banking collusion with extreme criminality -- Brian Basham, veteran financial PR man and chairman of Equity Development
[Blackhurst] writes with gusto ... a diverting book * The Times Literary Supplement *
Blackhurst’s attention to detail is excellent, as is his lucid analysis * The Australian *
Highly entertaining . . . told with pace, gusto, and a strong sense of moral outrage * The Critic Magazine *
The sheer hubris, greed and arrogance of bankers is laid bare in shocking, and at times hilarious, detail. Blackhurst takes them on and pricks their bubble of self-congratulatory entitlement
-- Andrew NeilFull of extraordinary revelations. Epic story-telling about a shocking scandal. Read this!
-- Iain Martin, author of Making It HappenBlackhurst’s tale would make an exciting novel. But alarmingly, this is a true story, carefully researched and told with gusto -- Baroness Patience Wheatcroft, former editor of The Sunday Telegraph
A pacey, page turning thriller tale of banking collusion with extreme criminality -- Brian Basham, veteran financial PR man and chairman of Equity Development
[Blackhurst] writes with gusto ... a diverting book * The Times Literary Supplement *
Blackhurst’s attention to detail is excellent, as is his lucid analysis * The Australian *
Highly entertaining . . . told with pace, gusto, and a strong sense of moral outrage * The Critic Magazine *
Chris Blackhurst is an award-winning business writer and commentator. He is a former editor of The Independent and for ten years was City editor of the Evening Standard. Before that he worked for The Sunday Times on its business pages and Insight investigative team. He covered Westminster for several years for The Independent, and for twenty years conducted the main interviews in Management Today magazine with senior business and financial figures. His journalism has appeared in many of the world’s major publications. Too Big to Jail is Blackhurst's first book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529065039 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529065038 |
| Title | Too Big to Jail |
| Author | Chris Blackhurst |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2022-06-09 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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