The Trick

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Money is the best thing in the world. As a race, it's our masterpiece. But there's also a downside. We've known this all along. It's killing us.The impulse to make money is in all of us. It's a demonic force. But why are some people terrible at making money while others get crazy rich? Are we missing a trick? This is the thought that set William Leith off on an utterly compelling adventure into the bizarre, seductive world of extreme wealth. For years, Leith travelled far and wide interviewing the rich and the super-rich. He spent time with the real-life Wolf of Wall Street who, not content with his hundreds of millions, devised a fraud so he could make hundreds of millions more. He visited a Baroque mansion, the ?nicest house in the world', where a Russian half-billionaire lives alone with his butler. He hung out on the estate of Felix Dennis, the remorseful tycoon who commissioned an avenue of statues to represent the story of his life.A fascinating and entertaining exploration into the psyche of the super-wealthy, The Trick is a deep dive into our collective obsession with money, that beautiful, elusive thing that makes the world go round - and is leading to our downfall.