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The Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean & Peter Elkind
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The Smartest Guys in the Room

The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

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Narrator Dennis Boutsikaris

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Length 22 hours 30 minutes
Language English
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The definitive volume on Enron's amazing rise and scandalous fall, from an award-winning team of Fortune investigative reporters.

Bethany McLean is a writer for Vanity Fair and the coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room. She was previously editor at large of Fortune and spent three years working at Goldman Sachs. She lives in Chicago.

Peter Elkind is an award-winning investigative reporter and the author of The Death Shift. He has written for The New York Times MagazineThe Washington PostFortune, and Texas Monthly. Elkind's perhaps best known as the author of Enron: The Smartest Guy's in the Room. 

Dennis Boutsikaris is a two-time OBIE award winner. He has received five Audie Awards and seven Golden Earphone Awards for his work in over 100 audiobooks and was voted one of the Best Voices of the Year by AudioFile magazine.

Bethany McLean is a writer for Vanity Fair and the coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room. She was previously editor at large of Fortune and spent three years working at Goldman Sachs. She lives in Chicago.

Peter Elkind is an award-winning investigative reporter and the author of The Death Shift. He has written for The New York Times MagazineThe Washington PostFortune, and Texas Monthly. Elkind's perhaps best known as the author of Enron: The Smartest Guy's in the Room. 

Dennis Boutsikaris is a two-time OBIE award winner. He has received five Audie Awards and seven Golden Earphone Awards for his work in over 100 audiobooks and was voted one of the Best Voices of the Year by AudioFile magazine.

Bethany McLean is a writer for Vanity Fair and the coauthor of The Smartest Guys in the Room. She was previously editor at large of Fortune and spent three years working at Goldman Sachs. She lives in Chicago.

Peter Elkind is an award-winning investigative reporter and the author of The Death Shift. He has written for The New York Times MagazineThe Washington PostFortune, and Texas Monthly. Elkind's perhaps best known as the author of Enron: The Smartest Guy's in the Room. 

Dennis Boutsikaris is a two-time OBIE award winner. He has received five Audie Awards and seven Golden Earphone Awards for his work in over 100 audiobooks and was voted one of the Best Voices of the Year by AudioFile magazine.

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Reviews

“The best book about the Enron debacle to date.”
—BusinessWeek
 
“The authors write with power and finesse. Their prose is effortless, like a sprinter floating down the track.”
—USA Today
 
“Well-reported and well-written.”
—Warren Buffett Expand reviews
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