The Master-rogue: The Confessions of a Crœsus
- ISBN-10
- 0891978410
- ISBN-13
- 9780891978411
- Pages
- 294
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1968
- Publisher
- Gregg Press
- Author
- David Graham Phillips
Description
"James Galloway is an utterly unscrupulous millionaire who stole a dry-goods company from his first employer, then built a huge fortune in finance and industry through bribes, cartels, and stock manipulation. Looking back on his life he positively revels in the relentless acquisition of money, power, and respect. He offers some interesting words of advice for anyone looking to have the same success: 'To get what you want in this world you have to be a good hater. The best haters make the best grabbers, and this is a world of grab...' What matter the man of wealth if he sees his own family as pawns and parasites? Galloway disowns his eldest son, makes his eldest daughter marry a man she can't abide, ruins his own wife financially, even fires his loyalist sycophant after one mistake, though he relents somewhat on that one ('I took him back at two-thirds his former pay')."--Goodreads
