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Directly related book recommendation: Billion Dollar Whale by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, published 2018. They book follows the founders of 1MDB, the quasi Ma

Directly related book recommendation: Billion Dollar Whale by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope, published 2018. They book follows the founders of 1MDB, the quasi Malaysia soverign wealth fund wbhose investments included the founding of Red Granite the producers of Wolf of Wall Street, from pre-1MDB days through to it's demise. Quite quick and easy, repeats itself a bit and imho falls apart/seems rushed at the end, but a fascinating account of greed, corruption, and how easy it seems. Well worth a movie adaptation itself!

arethuza 8y ago
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- desdiv 8y ago
  That's really weird. Does it have something to do with its UK distribution rights or something? Funny enough, I was able to find the Spanish version of the book on Amazon UK[0], but the English version apparently "will be released on September 12, 2019"[1] for Amazon UK. I guess there exists a tiny niche market here where you can buy "early release" books from "early release" jurisdictions and ship it to "late release" jurisdictions. [0] https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/6073176899 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/6073176899 [1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1912854546 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1912854546
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  - phyalow 8y ago
    The publishers have been facing an injunction from Jho Lo & Co. in the UK and other markets, preventing publication. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/14/bookshops-threatened-with-legal-action-jho-low-billion-dollar-whale https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/14/bookshops-thre...
- martin_a 8y ago
  > . Wow. So helpful. Totally seeing the context now and the following reply makes just so much sense now...
malshe 8y ago
I second that. It's a fantastic book. Very well written and backd by a lot of research.
trollied 8y ago
Definitely a +1 for this book. It's a proper page-turner. Just when you think Low has pulled off another ridiculous theft of 9 figure $ sums of cash, he does it again. And again...
wp381640 8y ago
I'd go further and say don't even read the OP - which is just a summation of the original reporting from the book, and go to the book instead. The story is remarkable and it's hard to put the book down

arethuza 8y ago

desdiv 8y ago
That's really weird. Does it have something to do with its UK distribution rights or something? Funny enough, I was able to find the Spanish version of the book on Amazon UK[0], but the English version apparently "will be released on September 12, 2019"[1] for Amazon UK. I guess there exists a tiny niche market here where you can buy "early release" books from "early release" jurisdictions and ship it to "late release" jurisdictions. [0] https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/6073176899 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/6073176899 [1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1912854546 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1912854546
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- phyalow 8y ago
  The publishers have been facing an injunction from Jho Lo & Co. in the UK and other markets, preventing publication. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/14/bookshops-threatened-with-legal-action-jho-low-billion-dollar-whale https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/14/bookshops-thre...
martin_a 8y ago
> . Wow. So helpful. Totally seeing the context now and the following reply makes just so much sense now...

malshe 8y ago

I second that. It's a fantastic book. Very well written and backd by a lot of research.

trollied 8y ago

Definitely a +1 for this book. It's a proper page-turner. Just when you think Low has pulled off another ridiculous theft of 9 figure $ sums of cash, he does it again. And again...

wp381640 8y ago

I'd go further and say don't even read the OP - which is just a summation of the original reporting from the book, and go to the book instead. The story is remarkable and it's hard to put the book down