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Author: Kurt Eichenwald
Publisher: Broadway
Dimension: 9.8 x 6.4 x 1.8 inches
Weight: 2.5 pounds.

A Great Book!
Eichenwald renders Enron's incredibly complex financial game of moving pieces off the board into an understandable, fascinating and incredible story..that happens to be true. The sheer audacity of the players makes truth stranger (and a better read)... more

Enron Tragedy Only Scratches the Surface of Corporate Greed
Oliver Stone's 1987 movie, "Wall Street", now seems like mere child's play compared to the corporate greed exposed by the Enron scandal. You need look no further if you want a comprehensive account, as New York Times reporter Kurt Eichenwald uses his... more

Superbly written, impeccably researched - OUTSTANDING!

This is a fantastic book! Having grown up in the Houston area, I was keenly interested in this story - from the pride I felt as a former Houstonian when Enron was considered an innovative, respected company, to the revulsion I felt as the story... more

good storytelling
Kurt Eichenwald provides an entertaining story for those of us who are familiar with the name Enron but unclear about the specifics .

Eichenwald presents his story as a Greek fable in the John Grisham and Scott Turow mold. The reader is introduced... more

SPECTACULAR
a real thrill ride. i picked this book up while on vacation, when it was recommended to me by a bookseller. it was fabulous. i was sorry my plane landed because i hadn't finished and stayed up most of the night to get to the last page.

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I loved this book...Better than his last
When I saw Kurt Eichenwald had another book out, I rushed to get it. I loved The Informant, and hoped this one would be just as thrilling. It was. I literally could not put it down, which says a lot about it, since it is REALLLY long. In fact, the only... more

Boring Fiction with too many characters
With close to 150 characters in this fictional tale, Eichenwald appears to have gotten lost. The book isn't the true story, and it isn't a business book. It's a combination of mumble jumble that tries to show Ken Lay isn't such a bad fellow. He portrays... more

A tale of greed and incompetence
I found the book very interesting and could not put it down till it was finished.
It focussed more on the personalities of the characters involved rather than the depth of their crimes.

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The only fools are those who believe this book is accurate!
I hope Ken Lay gives Kurt Eichenwald a share of his proceeds, because it is clear Ken wrote this favorable bull@#$% and Kurt merely signed his name. I gave this 2 stars because the names are spelled correctly.

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The essential guide to the outcome of greed
As a former corporate executive, I think Eichenwald's masterfully written narrative of the Enron mess is the ultimate cautionary tale. I have witnessed, on a smaller scale, how sudden and easily attained financial rewards can corrupt and eventually destroy... more

Great book
One of the best books I have ever read. I don't doubt that it reflects in large measure the avarice and immorality that infects our corporate culture. Those who have never worked in a large company can not believe how greedy and unethical they are. But... more

joe murphy
A compelling book. As one of the many people financially affected by the Enron collapse, I'm happy to see the events being brought to light. It is thorough and often shocking.

Mr. Eichenwald has a good ability to grip the reader with his... more

Done far before better by others
"Conspiracy of Fools" should have remained in the word processor. It is the third or fourth retelling of the Enron events, and it is far inferior to the description of events given in "The Smartest Guys in the Room" which was written closer to the time... more

ENRON's indicted CEO couldn't resurface at a worse time ....
The subject of ENRON, greed and corportate corruption seems a vague memory for many Americans. Ordinary media has all but packed away discussion about what seemed a convoluted accounting problem but Eichenwald's title or pehaps,my pick for best ENRON... more

Finally, the real story
As someone who lived through many of the events at Enron, and who also was subjected to one of Eichenwald's probing and seemingly endless interviews, all I can say is BRAVO. So much of what I have read about this company has been such a caricature, based... more

I could not put this book down
I purchased this book last Monday, after reading an excerpt in the Sunday New York Times. While I am a big fan of these kind of business books, I had expected, given its length, to spend a couple of weeks reading this. It was not to be. I wrapped up reading... more

Eichenwald is the "fool" in this conspiracy!

This book is fiction based on a true story. It's just like reading his last book "The Informant," in that all the conversations are concocted and filled with vulgarity. Eichenwald has Skilling using f--k four times on page 10 alone. In "The... more

FOOL'S GOLD
How the mighty fall. I have been waiting to read Eichenwald's Enron book for sometime and having just finished the thing, I wasn't disappointed in the slightest. I picked up an advance copy from my office and at first sight Conspiracy of Fools is a meaty... more

An AMAZING story
I was lucky enough to get one of the early copies of this book, passed to me by a friend who insisted I would enjoy it. I was skeptical, to say the least. The Enron collapse was never a story that I found all that interesting and I seriously doubted I... more

It's true: It reads like a novel!
This book lives up to everything it claims to be. Working at a Borders bookstore, I was privileged to read a pre-release copy (thus the early review). Not being familiar with Eichenwald's previous work, I was curious and read the author's letter of... more

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