First published 2009
Bernie Madoff built the largest financial fraud in history, stealing billions from celebrities, corporations, and ordinary investors who trusted him with their life savings. Emmy award-winning journalist Andrew Kirtzman takes readers inside this shocking scandal in Betrayal. The Wall Street Journal praised the book as accurate and highly readable, while The New York Times described it as a novelistic narrative that puts readers directly into the action. Kirtzman explores both the mechanics of Madoff's deception and its devastating human cost. The story reads like a thriller, but every detail is real. This personal examination reveals how one man became the king of financial swindlers and destroyed countless lives in the process.
Genres: business, crime, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, downfall
Setting: Wall Street
Period: 21st-century
320 pages · Hardcover · Harper