Qvadis Bookshelf - E-Book-Of-The-Month

Download now!

Back to Current e-Book-of-the-Month Selections

Nonfiction Selection

Metal Men
How Marc Rich Defrauded the Country, Evaded the Law, and Became the World's Most Sought-After Corporate Criminal
by A. Craig Copetas

Nonfiction e-Book-of-the-Month, April 2001.
Available as an e-book edition in Qvadis Express Reader format from Fictionwise, or for your personal library in a paper edition from Amazon.com.

MARC RICH - recipient of one of the most controversial presidential pardons in history, and previously the most wanted white-collar criminal in America - was one of the most successful metal traders in the world. Before there was Michael Milken or Ivan Boesky, Rich rose through the ranks to amass a multibillion dollar fortune in the halcyon days of high-flying commodities trading. But he did it by cutting corners and pulling the wool over the eyes of his competitors.

Eventually his companies pleaded guilty to 38 counts of tax evasion, paying $90 million in fines. Rich fled to Switzerland, where he faced a potential jail term of over 300 years if he ever returned to the United States. This is a story of greed, corruption, and money gone wild, in truly astronomical proportions. Posing as a commodities trader, A. Craig Copetas goes behind the scenes to give us a riveting, true-to-life portrait of Rich's corrupt world and his incredible escape from the law.

Back to Current e-Book-of-the-Month Selections