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Fortunes Fool reads like a Greek tragedy.... the boardroom intrigues are laid out clearly, making them easy to understand. What emerges is a fascinating tale of good intentions, bad luck, and the affirmation of the corporate maxim--eat or be eaten. --Blogcritics.org The book is a biography and a gimlet-eyed look at the music business, the dark side of the Internet, and the future of pop music. It succeeds on every level...Goodman's writing soars... --Bruce Ward, Ottawa Citizen Goodman builds a fascinating narrative. Bronfman emerges as, if not a hero, arguably a mighty interesting anti-hero. --Steve Weinberg, USA Today

Fortunes Fool reads like a Greek tragedy.... the boardroom intrigues are laid out clearly, making them easy to understand. What emerges is a fascinating tale of good intentions, bad luck, and the affirmation of the corporate maxim--eat or be eaten. --Blogcritics.org

Fortunes Fool reads like a Greek tragedy.... the boardroom intrigues are laid out clearly, making them easy to understand. What emerges is a fascinating tale of good intentions, bad luck, and the affirmation of the corporate maxim--eat or be eaten. --Blogcritics.org The book is a biography and a gimlet-eyed look at the music business, the dark side of the Internet, and the future of pop music. It succeeds on every level...Goodman's writing soars... --Bruce Ward, Ottawa Citizen Goodman builds a fascinating narrative. Bronfman emerges as, if not a hero, arguably a mighty interesting anti-hero. --Steve Weinberg, USA Today

"""Goodman builds a fascinating narrative. Bronfman emerges as, if not a hero, arguably a mighty interesting anti-hero."" --Steve Weinberg, USA Today ""The book is a biography and a gimlet-eyed look at the music business, the dark side of the Internet, and the future of pop music. It succeeds on every level...Goodman's writing soars..."" --Bruce Ward, Ottawa Citizen ""Fortunes Fool reads like a Greek tragedy.... the boardroom intrigues are laid out clearly, making them easy to understand. What emerges is a fascinating tale of good intentions, bad luck, and the affirmation of the corporate maxim--eat or be eaten."" --Blogcritics.org"

The book is a biography and a gimlet-eyed look at the music business, the dark side of the Internet, and the future of pop music. It succeeds on every level...Goodman's writing soars... --Bruce Ward, Ottawa Citizen

Goodman builds a fascinating narrative. Bronfman emerges as, if not a hero, arguably a mighty interesting anti-hero. --Steve Weinberg, USA Today The book is a biography and a gimlet-eyed look at the music business, the dark side of the Internet, and the future of pop music. It succeeds on every level...Goodman's writing soars... --Bruce Ward, Ottawa Citizen Fortunes Fool reads like a Greek tragedy... the boardroom intrigues are laid out clearly, making them easy to understand. What emerges is a fascinating tale of good intentions, bad luck, and the affirmation of the corporate maxim--eat or be eaten. --Blogcritics.org

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Fred Goodman is the author of The Mansion on the Hill: Dylan, Young, Geffen, Springsteen, and the Head-on Collison of Rock and Commerce, which was a New York Times notable book and received the Ralph J. Gleason Award for the Best Music Book of 1997, and The Secret City Woodlawn Cemetery and the Buried History of New York. A freelance journalist, his work appears in Rolling Stone, where he was an editor, The New York Times, and most national magazines.  He and his family live in White Plains, New York.

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