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The houstonbased energy firm enjoyed warm ties with newly installed president. With conspiracy of fools, kurt eichenwald transforms the unbelievable story of the enron scandal into a riproaring narrative of epic proportions, one that is sure to delight readers of thrillers and business books alike, achieving for this new decade what books like barbarians at the gate and a civil action accomplished in the 1990s. The book made the new york times bestseller list in its first week in publication. A company of fools is appropriate for most students in grades four to eight as a text for independent reading, literature circles or guided reading.
Ranks with a civil action as one of the best nonfiction books of the last decade. The book was subsequently adapted as the feature film a film adaptation. Conspiracy of fools tells the enron tale with a cinematic narrative style, relying almost exclusively on scene and dialogue to bring his account to vivid life. The book made the new york times bestseller list in april 2005. Praise for kurt eichenwalds bestseller, the informant.