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Lucky Loser

byRuss Buettner, Susanne Craig

How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success

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Inheritance. Fraud. Deceit.

The devastating exposé of Trump’s financial failings that you need to read to understand the man whose deals are destroying the world economy.

'A first-rate financial thriller' NEW YORK TIMES
'Damning' SUNDAY TIMES
'Devastating ... thrilling' GUARDIAN

Donald J. Trump once declared life has ‘not been easy for me’. He spun a fable of how he turned a small loan from his father into a multi-billion-dollar empire and argued this made him singularly qualified to lead.

Except none of it was true.

In a meticulous masterpiece based on Pulitzer Prizewinning reporting, this is the definitive true accounting of Trump and his money – what he had and what he lost.

'Strikes at the heart of the Trump myth' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Groundbreaking reporting ... comprehensive, persuasive' NEW YORKER

A first-rate financial thriller ... one of those rare Trump books that deserve, even demand, to be read ... A multi-generational saga

New York Times

About Russ Buettner

Russ Buettner is an investigative reporter at the New York Times. Since 2016, his reporting has focused on the personal finances of Donald J. Trump, including in-depth articles with Susanne Craig and other Times reporters that revealed the fortune Trump inherited from his father and the record of business failures hidden in twenty years of Trump’s tax returns. Those articles were awarded a Pulitzer Prize and two George Polk awards. Buettner, who joined the Times in 2006, was also a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2012 for articles with Danny Hakim highlighting abuse and neglect in New York’s care of developmentally disabled people. He previously worked on investigations teams at the Daily News in New York and New York Newsday.
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  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9781529935806
  • Length: 528 pages
  • Price: £12.99
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