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The liar's ball, the extraordinary saga of how one building broke the world's toughest tycoons, Vicky Ward

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The liar's ball, the extraordinary saga of how one building broke the world's toughest tycoons, Vicky Ward

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The liar's ball

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electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

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Vicky Ward

Sub title

the extraordinary saga of how one building broke the world's toughest tycoons

Summary

Towering and talented, they are rich, powerful, driven dreamers. They are also tortured, vindictive, neurotic. Scathingly successful, these flamboyant real estate tycoons share a voracious desire and joust for a plot of land and its gleaming white fortress, the most expensive office building in America: the General Motors Building. New York Times bestselling author Vicky Ward reveals the high-stakes gamesmanship, risky sleight-of-hand bets, brutal deceptions, foolish betrayals, and broken spirits among the over-reachers and titans. Beginning with Tammany Hall scoundrel William Magear "Boss"

Table Of Contents

Stealing the spotlihgt -- Alpha males -- The rigged bid -- Harry's hero -- The odd couple: The English Lord and the housewife tycoon -- The age of the wolf -- Donald Trump's bag man -- The money hunters and the salesman from Indianapolis -- Donald's "Force Majeure" -- Paradise briefly -- Mr. Toad's wild ride -- Tick tock- a year on the clock -- The fall that wasn't -- Aftermath

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