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Why the new book about Macquarie doesn’t have to be a racy thriller
Without the sex, drugs and rock and roll, a business book publisher usually asks two questions: why does it need to be written?; and who will buy it?
Readers of the first unauthorised history of Macquarie Group – The Millionaires’ Factory – should not expect a racy thriller despite the best efforts of headline writers at The Australian to make it so.
Exclusive extracts published last Friday and at the weekend carried headlines such as: “Reserve Bank, CBA plotted GFC takeover of Macquarie” and “Mega salaries, strip clubs and office sex – work-hard, play-hard era of the Millionaires’ Factory”.
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