The Bold Riders: Behind Australia's Corporate Collapses (Hardcover)

by Trevor Sykes (Author), Trevor Syles (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 651 pages
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin (February 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1863737022
• ISBN-13: 978-1863737029
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,658,014 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST-READ for anyone interested in corporate affairs., September 7, 1998

By A Customer

This is probably the best book on the corporate excesses of the 1980s since Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart. Veteran Australian financial journalist, Trevor Sykes, dissects the collapses of Alan Bond, Christopher Skase and a rogues' gallery of other Antipodean corporate scoundrels. He even bravely attempts to unravel the intricate webs surrounding Brian Yuill's Spedley Securities Limited and John Spalvin's Adelaide Steamship group of companies. Although Sykes explains his reasons why he did not delve into such companies as Elders IXL Limited and John Fairfax Limited, this reviewer feels the book's only failing is that it only mentions by way of cross-reference Australia's biggest player of the Eighties, the late Robert Holmes a Court, the South African-born financier and pastoralist who became Australia's first billionaire. Despite this oversight, The Bold Riders is a highly recommended read which should appeal to all business readers around the English-speaking world, particularly regarding Sykes' insight into Australia's Federal and State politicians and their somewhat symbiotic relationships with business.

5.0 out of 5 stars love it but I agree with first reviewer, February 25, 1999

By A Customer

There should have been a section on Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes a Court. Enigmatic raider and consumate businessman. I felt slightly cheated but I enjoyed the book.