Description: "Barbarians at the Gate" is the classic account of the defining takeover in Wall Street merger history. The authors' gripping record of the frenzy that overtook Wall Street, in fall of 1988, gives a richly textured social history of wealth at the twilight of the Reagan era.
Brief description:
Bryan Burrough is a special correspondent at Vanity Fair and the author of five books.
Review Quotes:
"It's hard to imagine a better story...and it's hard to imagine a better account" - Chicago Tribune
"A superlative book...steadily builds suspense until the very end." - Los Angeles Times Book Review
"The fascinating inside story of the largest corporate takeover in American history... It reads like a novel." - Today Show
"The most piercing and compelling narrative of a deal to date." - Boston Globe
"All the suspense of a first-rate thriller... one of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate America and Wall Street in the 1980's." - New York Times Book Review
"Impressive qualities... delicious scenes... a cinematic yet extraordinarily careful book." - Ken Auletta, New York Daily News