{"product_id":"9780312650681","title":"The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich","description":"\u003cp\u003eBillionaire oil trader Marc Rich for the first time talks at length about his private life (including his expensive divorce from wife Denise); his invention of the spot oil market, which made his fortune and changed the world economy; his lucrative and unpublicized dealings with Ayatollah Khomeini's Iran, Fidel Castro's Cuba, war-ravaged Angola, and apartheid South Africa; his quiet cooperation with the Israeli and U.S. governments (even after he was indicted for tax fraud by Rudy Guiliani) and near-comical attempts by U.S. officials to kidnap him illegally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sure-to-make-headlines book is the first no-holds-barred biography of Rich, who was famously pardoned by Bill Clinton, and resurfaced in the news during the confirmation hearings of Attorney General Eric Holder. \u003ci\u003eThe King of Oil\u003c\/i\u003e sheds stunning new light on one of the most controversial international businessmen of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024421732592,"sku":"9780312650681","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780312650681_p0.jpg?v=1763678049","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780312650681","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}