The Rise and Fall of Alan Bond by Paul Barry

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has some light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are also very good.

When Alan Bond won the America's Cup in 1983, Australia celebrated and welcomed him as a hero. Seven years later, the famous entrepreneur is almost a villain. His empire in ruins, he owed billions to banks and and under special investigation.

The Rise and Fall of Alan Bond is the story of how we made this man a hero and why he fell from grace. It is also a story of an era when greed was good when banks lent blindly to Australia's entrepreneurs to build paper empires.

This book is also about the man himself. It is about a boy who longed to see his name and lights and who was desperate to be accepted by the establishment, who wanted to be Sir Alan Bond. (book flap)