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Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs - A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal, and Murder
Once Upon a Time in Russia The Rise of the Oligarchs - A True Story of Ambition Wealth Betrayal and Murder Author:Ben Mezrich A New York Times Bestselling Author Once Upon a Time in Russia is the untold true story of the larger-than-life billionaire oligarchs who surfed the waves of privatization to reap riches after the fall of the Soviet regime: "Godfather of the Kremlin" Boris Berezovsky, a former mathematician whose first entrepreneurial venture was running an auto... more »mobile reselling business, and Roman Abramovich, his dashing young protégé who built a multi-billion-dollar empire of oil and aluminum. Written with the heart-stopping pacing of a thriller ? but even more compelling because it is true ? this story of amassing obscene wealth and power depicts a rarefied world seldom seen up close.« less