{"product_id":"9780141965239","title":"Breakfast with Anglo","description":"\u003cp\u003eSimon Kelly's involvement in property development began when, as a  computer-mad  child in the 1980s, he started making spreadsheets for his  father, the developer  Paddy Kelly. By 2008, when the Irish property  market crashed, Simon and  Paddy owed their creditors nearly a billion  euro. In 2009, they were the  first big developers to admit they were  bust - and they encouraged  their fellow developers to face reality in  the same way. In 2010, in the  pages of a national newspaper, Simon  Kelly apologized for his part in  the long-term damage created by the  property bubble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil now,  the story of Ireland's property boom  and bust has been told  only by people on the outside. The  bankers and the developers have kept  quiet. Now, Simon Kelly breaks the  silence with this vivid and unsparing  account of how it all worked and  why it went sour. He brings us to the  muddy fields, humble cafés and  grand dining rooms where the deals were  made; he explains how it was  that debt always begat more debt; and he takes us through the hitherto  opaque portals of Anglo Irish Bank, the  Kellys' main lender. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn  an account packed with telling and  indiscreet detail, Simon Kelly  makes no excuses for ending up bust. He simply shows how it happened -  to him, to other developers, to the banks, and to the country. In doing  so, he courageously breaks ranks with the insiders who created this  disaster,  and who would prefer to blame 'international forces', bad  luck, or one  another. \u003ci\u003eBreakfast with Anglo\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark in our  national  accounting of the present crisis, an essential read for anyone  who wants  to know how we got into this mess and how we might begin to  think about  getting out of it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080816181488,"sku":"9780141965239","price":10.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141965239_p0.jpg?v=1763656198","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141965239","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}