The Icarus Factor

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SHORTLISTED F^R THE NATIONAL BUSINESS BOOK
E^/i.— ¦ It.
- \ V "The inside story.
r McQueen traces the greatest gene pool catastrophe, ever, with good humour and absolute authority." -
^ Peter C. Newman "
' "McQueen op^ns up the cadaver ^ : , of the house of Seagram, j ' V: ' A compelling read."
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
: i "A nuahced portrait of Edgar ,. Bronfman Jr. as a sensitive but > unexceptional person haunted by •' a responsibility to his family he was unable to uphold."
THE GAZETTE (Montreal)
"It's a sobering tale of family hubris, self-delusion, denial, and executive incompetence that ultimately led' to^^ the demise of one of Canada's great ^ corporate empires . The Icarus^ Factor is a compelling read."
. ED'b».-IN JOURNAL -
Il this nnailtlllirilfill hinsrauliy; acclai^edi and award-winning business writer , Rod McQueen tells this gripping j story of ambition and family loyalty from'its beginnings in the aspirations!; of Samuel Bronfman, founder of I... Tovább

Fülszöveg

m
SHORTLISTED F^R THE NATIONAL BUSINESS BOOK
E^/i.— ¦ It.
- \ V "The inside story.
r McQueen traces the greatest gene pool catastrophe, ever, with good humour and absolute authority." -
^ Peter C. Newman "
' "McQueen op^ns up the cadaver ^ : , of the house of Seagram, j ' V: ' A compelling read."
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
: i "A nuahced portrait of Edgar ,. Bronfman Jr. as a sensitive but > unexceptional person haunted by •' a responsibility to his family he was unable to uphold."
THE GAZETTE (Montreal)
"It's a sobering tale of family hubris, self-delusion, denial, and executive incompetence that ultimately led' to^^ the demise of one of Canada's great ^ corporate empires . The Icarus^ Factor is a compelling read."
. ED'b».-IN JOURNAL -
Il this nnailtlllirilfill hinsrauliy; acclai^edi and award-winning business writer , Rod McQueen tells this gripping j story of ambition and family loyalty from'its beginnings in the aspirations!; of Samuel Bronfman, founder of I Seagram's, iylr. Sam had a theory: i that family dynasties are built and lost in three generations. j
" : Edgar Jr. is the third generation, ; arid The Icarus Factor tells the story of his spectacularly unsuccessful bid -to prove his grandfather wrong.
led McOneen is one of Canada's most respected writers and author of a number of nationally bestselling and award-winning books. They include j The Batons, which won the Canadian Author's Association Award for Canadian hist^iry, and Who Killed Confederation life?, which won the ! National Business Book Award. Can't Buy Me Love, his most recent book, was a finalist for the National r: Business Book Award in 2002. Vissza