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TheleveragedbuyoutoftheRJRNabiscoCorporationfor$25billionisalandmarkinAmericanbusinesshistory,astoryofavariceonanepicscale.Twoversionsofthefiercecompetitionforthelargestbuyouteverconsummatedarepresentedbyskilledjournalistswithcontrastingstyles.BurroughandHelyarareclearlyfascinatedwiththepersonalitiesoftheplayersinthedealandwiththetrappingsofcorporatewealth.Therestless,flamboyantpersonalityofRossJohnson,CEOofRJRNabisco,isportrayedasthekeytotheeventsthatweretounfold.Thecolorfuldescriptionofalloftheplayersandtheeventswilllikelyhavebroadappeal.Lampertsignalsthecomplexityofherstorybyintroducinghernarrativewithathree-pagecastofcharacters.Herfocusonthestrategyoftheplayersandonthefast-pacedactionprovidesamoreconcisedescriptionofadealbigenoughtoaugmentthewealthofmanyrichpeople.Businesslibrarieswillwantbothversionsofthisstoryofcapitalismdrawntotheextreme,butstudents,lookingforamorecomprehensivetreatment,willfavorLampert'sversion.