Book : Richistan A Journey Through The American Wealth Boom.

-Titulo Original : Richistan A Journey Through The American Wealth Boom And The Lives Of The New Rich

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Review Lets face it: we all want to know about the Rich. We know theyre different than us, but how? We want to pry, but were too polite or inhibited to ask, even if we get the chance, which is increasingly rare since theyre walling themselves off in gated estates, floating around on mega-yachts or hiding behind the telephones at Christies auctions. Thank goodness the Wall Street Journal has unleashed Robert Frank as its wealth reporter, a title which hardly does him justice. His inexhaustible curiosity, piercing eye for detail, and understated wit reminds me of Tom Wolfe, which is about the highest praise I can bestow. I cant remember the last time Ive had so much fun with a work of non-fiction as I did reading Richistan.-James B. Stewart, author of Den of Thieves and DisneyWar“Like an anthropologist in the Amazon basin, Frank goes native . . . instead of a loincloth, he dons a white tuxedo.” -New York Times Book Review“Robert Frank charts the surprisingly volatile power of the burgeoning American multimillionaires, blue-collar workers turned fur-collared swells who increasingly and often uneasily wield their newfound influence like a club.” -Vanity Fair“Frank explores the new world of wealth in America and hands it to us on a silver platter. . . . His sharply drawn portraits of life in Richistan give us new insight into how America really works.” -Chicago Sun-Times“[Robert Frank] takes us on a whiz-bang tour of the lives of the new rich.”-PortfolioRobert Frank truly understands the lives of todays wealthy. His entertaining profiles and fresh analysis make this a great read and a definitive portrait of the current boom.-Ronald O. Perelman, billionaire financier, philanthropist.I couldnt put it down. Franks field guide to the new rich is as funny as it is fascinating.-Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired magazine and author of The Long TailTheres no group in society that fascinates me more than the new rich, or the nouveau riche, as they used to be called, especially the ones with social ambitions. The great 19th century English novelist Anthony Trollope created one of literatures greatest new rich characters in Augustus Melmott, who gave a ball for the emperor of China and everybody of social importance, who had sworn theyd never speak to him or his common wife, came and danced the night away. In Robert Franks riveting book, Richistan, the same sort of attention-getting extravagance continues. Frank understands how great fortunes are made and how great fortunes are spent. I had a wonderful time reading this book.-Dominick DunneWhen Frank, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, began noticing that the ranks of Americas wealthy had more than doubled in the last decade, and that they were beginning to cluster together in enclaves, he decided to investigate this new society, where $1 million barely gets you in the door. The Richistanis like to consider themselves ordinary people who just happen to have tons of money, but they live in a world where people buy boats just to carry their cars and helicopters behind their primary yachts, and ordering an alligator-skin toilet seat wont make even your interior designer blink. But Frank doesnt just focus on conspicuous consumption. He talks to philanthropists who apply investment principles to their charitable contributions and political fund-raisers who have used their millions to transform the Colorado state legislature. He also meets people for whom sudden wealth is an emotional burden, whose investment club meetings can feel like group therapy sessions. Its only in the final pages that Frank contemplates the widening gap between Richistan and the rest of the world-for the most part, his grand tour approach never loses its light touch.-Publishers Weekly THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERRICH-I-STAN n. 1. a new country located in the heart of America, populated entirely by millionaires, most of whom acquired the