Unscripted

<p><b>James B. Stewart </b>is a columnist for the<i> New York Times</i> and a professor at Columbia Journalism School. He is the author of books including <i>Deep State</i> <i>Tangled Webs</i> <i>Heart of a Soldier</i> <i>Blind Eye</i> <i>Blood Sport</i> and <i>Den of Thieves.</i> In 1988 he won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the stock market crash and insider trading.<br><br><b>Rachel Abrams </b>was a media reporter for the<i> New York Times</i> and is now a senior producer and reporter for the television series <i>The New York Times Presents</i>. In 2018 she was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for reporting that exposed sexual harassment and misconduct.</p> A racy tale of big money bigger egos and #MeToo disgrace . . . Like a real-life blueprint for the TV show <i>Succession</i> Jaw-dropping . . . an epic tale of toxic wealth and greed populated by connivers and manipulators. A real-life <i>Succession</i> . . . A deeply reported account of one of the trashiest episodes in recent business history . . . Masterful. Has a business book ever made you blush? . . . With soap-operatic twists and turns <i>Unscripted</i> makes the amped-up historical fiction of <i>Babylon</i> feel downright chaste by comparison The sordid family saga that makes <i>Succession</i> look tame <p>'Explosive' <i>Esquire </i><br>'Epic' <i>Financial Times </i><br>'Riveting' <i>Vanity Fair</i><br><br>Sumner Redstone was the CEO of Hollywood's most influential company: the powerhouse behind <i>Indiana Jones</i> and <i>Star Wars</i> film studios and TV production companies a fleet of private jets and tailor-made jewellery lines. He was notorious for his fearsome temper his all-consuming ambition and his pledge to live forever. Until one day he lost control.<br><br><i>Unscripted </i>is the story of an empire embroiled in scandal a will in tatters and a family on the edge of self-destruction. It sounds too outrageous to be true - except it is.<br><br><b>Longlisted for the <i>Financial Times </i>Business Book of the Year Award</b><br><br>'A racy tale of big money bigger egos and #MeToo disgrace.' <i>The Times</i><br><br>'Addicted to <i>Succession</i>? Well here's the real thing.' <i>Hollywood Reporter</i></p>