继史上最大金融骗局马多夫骗局(Madoff)之后所造成...

继史上最大金融骗局马多夫骗局(Madoff)之后所造成... 每日中文書訊請上以下大苹果網站查詢 1 部落格: Chris-- chris-lin@bigapple1-taipei.com 網址: www.bigapple1.info 繼史上最大金融騙局《馬多夫騙局(Madoff)》之後所造成的嚴重後果 本書揭露美國富豪生活的真實謊言 Madness Under the Royal Palms Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm Beach by Laurence Leamer 評價: 分類: Nonfiction Publisher: Hyperion (27 Jan 2009) / (Audio CD - 2 Feb 2009) Hardcover: 368 pages 審閱資料: 電子手稿 【簡介】 前美國那斯達克主席馬多夫(Bernard Madoff),所引發的美國最大金融 騙局,壓垮多數人的富裕生活,其中尤其影響佛羅里達州最著名的上 流社區(Palm Beach),徹底拖下此地的百萬富豪。 原本是一般人不得其門而入的富裕之地,隨者各種醜聞不斷地爆發,一夕之間人人都想知道,都在談論Palm Beach這座島上所漸漸揭開關於富豪的私密、醜聞和各種令人無法想像的真實事件。 本書由暢銷作家Laurence Leamer,花了15年的時間一步一步接近這上流的社會。他陪富豪們打網球、參加他們的派對,漸漸取得信任,Laurence揭露出不為人知的富豪私生活。這本讓讀者難以想像的醜聞,將改變你對美國上流社會的種種認知。 Laurence Leamer寫過13本書,其中最廣為人知的是關於甘迺迪和他所交往的女人們《The Kennedy Women and Fantastic》,和《真實謊言-阿諾史瓦辛格的傳奇人生(FANTASTIC:THE LIFE OF ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER)》(簡體已售)。Laurence活躍於各期刊雜誌,諸如The New York Times Magazine、Harper's、Playboy等。 2 Chris-- chris-lin@bigapple1-taipei.com Description Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme has devastated the eternally sunny world of Palm Beach, bringing down multimillionaires and destroying once wealthy widows. At the center of the scandal is the isolated, insulated winter home of the mega wealthy. Suddenly, everyone in America is talking about the South Florida island and the rarified life so apart from the rest of America. Everyone wants to know what are the deepest truths of this strange, exotic universe of wealth and privilege. In Madness Under the Royal Palms, Laurence Leamer has the answers. It took him fifteen years to get them, and to expose the inner life and drama of the wealthy as it has never been exposed before. It is an often shocking, scandalous book that will forever change not only the way Palm Beach is viewed but the life of wealth and privilege in America. About the Author Laurence Leamer is the author of thirteen books, including The Kennedy Women and Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, with many bestsellers among them. Leamer was on the staff at Newsweek, and has written for The New York Times Magazine, Harper's, Playboy, and many other publications. He lives in Palm Beach and Washington, D.C. Reviews From Publishers Weekly Leamer (The Kennedy Women) reveals the secrets of the Palm Beach elite who reside behind the high walls and manicured hedges of this exclusive enclave. A winter resident since 1994, the author gains the trust of his subjects, playing tennis with them and attending their parties. Such firsthand experience is supplemented by newspaper articles and interviews with scores of men and women who, although usually guarded, are unusually open to Leamer (the informant for the chapter Palm Beach Millionaire Seeks Playmate gave the author access to his personal papers, including unpublished memoirs). The book's highly visual vignettes—dominated by divorce, infidelity, excessive drinking and violence—produce a depressing picture of sad, angry, insecure and frequently nasty people hiding behind empty smiles, luxury cars and socially invisible servants. Leamer reflects: Like [Henry] James, I found that few of the lives have the beauty of the surroundings, or the depths of the artistic vision that inspired this island. Some readers may find this book a penetrating portrayal of a privileged segment of the American population; others might regard it as a book-length gossip column. (Feb.) Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 全球版權最新消息