Too Big to Jail by Chris Blackhurst
In Too Big to Jail, journalist Chris Blackhurst tells the startling true story of HSBC's rise to become the Mexican drug cartel's bank of choice and how the perpetrators escaped justice.
The sheer hubris, greed and arrogance of bankers is laid bare in shocking, and at times hilarious, detailBlackhurst takes them on and pricks their bubble of self-congratulatory entitlement -- Andrew Neil, broadcaster and former editor of The Sunday Times
Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you. This is the inside story of how the City of London really operates and 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
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 *
Packed with insights and details that will both amaze and appal you. This is the inside story of how the City of London really operates and if it doesn't make you angry, you need to check your pulse -- Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland and Butler to the World
Full 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
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 | 9781529065077 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529065070 |
| Title | Too Big to Jail |
| Author | Chris Blackhurst |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2023-05-25 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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