{"product_id":"9781847928245-lucky-loser","title":"Lucky Loser","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** THE INSTANT \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInheritance. Fraud. Deceit.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe devastating expos\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eé of Trump’s financial failings that you need to read to understand the man whose deals are destroying the world economy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘A page turner,' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Scalpel-like . Damning'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A first-rate financial thriller . deserves, even demands, to be read' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon after announcing his first campaign for the U.S. presidency, Donald J. Trump declared life has ‘not been easy for me’. He spun a fable of how he turned a small loan from his father into a multi-billion-dollar empire, and argued this made him singularly qualified to lead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eExcept none of it was true.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn to a rich father, Trump received the equivalent of more than $500 million today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of Trump’s finances is one of rises and falls, of squandering fortunes on money-losing businesses to be saved by blind luck. He tacks his name to buildings while taking out huge loans he’ll never repay. He obsesses over appearances while ignoring threats to the bottom line. He makes side deals to cut out the television producer who cast him as a business guru – the image that carried him to the White House.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere, for the first time, in a meticulous masterpiece of narrative reporting is the definitive true accounting of Trump and his money - what he had and what he lost.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*LONGLISTED FOR THE \u003ci\u003eFT\u003c\/i\u003e AND SHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR * **A \u003ci\u003eTIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF 2024 **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list, 6 Oct 24.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55563287200118,"sku":"9781847928245","price":17.63,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34010591.jpg?v=1753428023","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781847928245-lucky-loser","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}