Going for Broke: How Bond Got Away with It by Paul Barry

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Previous owner has stamped name on front endpage and synopsis page. Pages are starting to sun. Dust jacket is in good condition with has creasing at edges and at spine.

The real-life financial thriller about multi-millionaire Alan Bond and his hidden fortunes. Everyone has a Bond story. This is the one you haven't heard ... Once upon a time, Alan Bond was a hero - the man who won the America's Cup for Australia, the poor immigrant turned sign writer who became a billionaire, the Aussie battler made good. Then came a controversial exposé by investigative journalist Paul Barry on ABC's Four Corners.

This explosive portrait led to Barry's bestselling book, The Rise and Fall of Alan Bond, and soon afterwards, the house of cards collapsed; Bond was declared bankrupt and sent to jail. Now Bond is back after spending less than three and a half years of his sentence for defrauding Bell resources of more than $1200 million - roughly one day in prison for every one million dollars shareholders lost.

In Going for Broke, Paul Barry does what no one else has been able to do: show how Bond stashed his fortune overseas and prove that if your pockets are deep enough and your lawyers good enough, you can get away with almost anything - as long as you go for broke. Going for Broke reads like a thriller, full of cloaks and daggers, car chases, courtroom dramas, larger-than-life villains and heroes - and it's all true. This is a story that had to be told. And no one else can tell it like Paul Barry. (book flap)