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A review by nogglization
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen
3.0
Scattered both internationally and thematically, this book is a bit of a rambler.
Banana republics, foreign cowboys, embezzlement, monopolies, men of action, and the Latin American nightmare unfold alongside "a parable of the American dream—not history as it is recorded in textbooks, but the authentic, cask-strength version, a subterranean saga of kickbacks, overthrows, and secret deals: the world as it really works."
Although this book could have used a heavier handed editor, it was still very interesting despite all the author's personal interjections.
“Show me a happy man and I will show you a man who is getting nothing accomplished in this world.”
“There are times when certain cards sit unclaimed in the common pile, when certain properties become available that will never be available again. A good businessman feels these moments like a fall in the barometric pressure. A great businessman is dumb enough to act on them even when he cannot afford to.”
“What cannot be accomplished by threats can often be achieved by composure. Sit and stare and let your opponent fill the silence with his own demons.”
Banana republics, foreign cowboys, embezzlement, monopolies, men of action, and the Latin American nightmare unfold alongside "a parable of the American dream—not history as it is recorded in textbooks, but the authentic, cask-strength version, a subterranean saga of kickbacks, overthrows, and secret deals: the world as it really works."
Although this book could have used a heavier handed editor, it was still very interesting despite all the author's personal interjections.
“Show me a happy man and I will show you a man who is getting nothing accomplished in this world.”
“There are times when certain cards sit unclaimed in the common pile, when certain properties become available that will never be available again. A good businessman feels these moments like a fall in the barometric pressure. A great businessman is dumb enough to act on them even when he cannot afford to.”
“What cannot be accomplished by threats can often be achieved by composure. Sit and stare and let your opponent fill the silence with his own demons.”