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OverviewYoung, brash, sporting a shiny new MBA, and obscenely overpaid, Brian Cruver epitomized the Enron employee when he first entered the company's Houston office and from day one he found himself a cog in the wheel of a venal greed machine. For the next nine months, he would witness first-hand the now-infamous corporate tragedy that he relates in these ruthlessly honest, often hilarious, and frequently disturbing pages. Here are the accounting tricks, insider stock trades, grossly lucrative fraudulent partnerships, and death dance to bankruptcy. Equally revealing, though, are Cruver's descriptions of everyday life at Enron: the cocky wheeling and dealing, intraoffice relationships, casual conversations at the shredder, and the insidious group-think that committed Enronians to the propaganda of flawed executives like Ken Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, and Andy Fastow. Out of their wreckage, Cruver has fashioned an arresting and cautionary morality tale for our time. Anatomy of Greed was the basis for the CBS-TV movie The Crooked E: a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the last days in the strange life of one of the world's richest, riskiest, and most corrupt corporations. Eight pages of telling photographs are included. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Brian CruverPublisher: Avalon Publishing Group Imprint: Avalon Publishing Group Dimensions: Width: 14.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.20cm Weight: 0.481kg ISBN: 9780786712052ISBN 10: 0786712058 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 02 September 2003 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsA rueful memoir ... a worthy companion to such kindred works as The Late Show, Microserfs, and Barbarians at the Gate. Brian Cruver's colorful tale ... won't be easily upstaged. Fast-paced ... puts a human face on the ... scandals. It sure is a good read.... Cruver is a good story-teller. His memoir is vivid and captures well the weirdness of a company in decline. Succeeds in making sense of the whole mess while also generating sympathy for the hapless employees. Fast-paced ... puts a human face on the ... scandals. It sure is a good read.... Cruver is a good story-teller. His memoir is vivid and captures well the weirdness of a company in decline. Brian Cruver's colorful tale ... won't be easily upstaged. A rueful memoir ... a worthy companion to such kindred works as The Late Show, Microserfs, and Barbarians at the Gate. Succeeds in making sense of the whole mess while also generating sympathy for the hapless employees. Fast-paced ... puts a human face on the ... scandals. Author InformationBrian Cruver was a senior manager at Enron until the collapse, was among the 4,500 workers laid off on December 3, 2001,the day after Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. He lives in Houston. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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