{"product_id":"the-big-steal-by-paul-barry-9781761473517","title":"The Big Steal","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSanjeev Gupta is a fast-talking billionaire with all the trappings of success. He boasts world-class charm, a huge appetite for risk, and a remarkable ability to inspire belief. The media christens him the 'Saviour of Steel'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen he jets into Whyalla in South Australia to buy its bankrupt steelworks in 2017, Gupta is given a royal reception. He promises to invest billions of dollars in a mega green steel plant that will help save the planet. Now, his promises are unfulfilled, and his global empire is collapsing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCorporate cops from several countries are chasing him for suspected fraud, fraudulent trading and money laundering. They are focusing on his dealings with a British shadow bank run by a former Bundaberg sugar cane farmer, Lex Greensill, who hired Britain's ex-PM David Cameron as a consultant and lent a whopping US$5 billion to the Gupta Family Group.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the incredible story of the meteoric rise and fall of an entrepreneur which will leave you asking: how on earth do people like Gupta get away with it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnputdownable. Barry remains a master storyteller.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eJoe Aston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA riveting account of a fast-talking, master manipulator who fooled the corporate world and an adoring media pack. This disturbing tale of steel-tycoon Sanjeev Gupta will leave you seething with rage.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eKate McClymont\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRemarkable - a true story of shameless greed and governmental incompetence, told at a cracking pace and ending (inevitably) with a crash landing.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Watson SC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaul has not only laid out in typically merciless detail the fantasy world of a sort of industrial Charles Ponzi but has also shown us how desperate are the politicians and media to believe in fantasies that suit them.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eAlan Kohler AM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big Steal\u003c\/i\u003e is non-fiction, with all the trappings of fiction; livelihoods at stake, infectious promises, corporate villains, suckers, politics and ultimate betrayal - all wrapped up in a blanket of desperation, strain and intense emotion.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eRex Patrick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe story of the flashy entrepreneur, surrounded by lackeys, promising the world while bleeding it dry is one for our time.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cb\u003eChris Masters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48126632558828,"sku":"9781761473517","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781761473517-the-big-steal.jpg?v=1785972504","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-big-steal-by-paul-barry-9781761473517","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}