Lucky Loser

Inheritance. Fraud. Deceit. The devastating exposé of Trump’s financial failings that you need to read to understand the man whose deals are destroying the world economy. 'A first-rate financial thriller' NEW YORK TIMES 'Damning' SUNDAY TIMES 'Devastating ... thrilling' GUARDIAN Donald J. Trump once declared life has ‘not been easy for me’. He spun a fable of how he turned a small loan from his father into a multi-billion-dollar empire and argued this made him singularly qualified to lead. Except none of it was true. A meticulous masterpiece based on Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting, this is the definitive true accounting of Trump and his money – what he had and what he lost. 'Strikes at the heart of the Trump myth' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Groundbreaking reporting ... comprehensive, persuasive' NEW YORKER A masterpiece of narrative reporting, Lucky Loser is a meticulous, nearly-century spanning narrative, filled with scoops from Trump Tower, Mar-a-Lago, Atlantic City, and the set of The Apprentice. At a moment when Trump’s tether to success and power is more precarious than ever, here for the first time is the definitive true accounting of Trump and his money – what he had, what he lost, and what he has left – and the final word on the myth of Trump, the self-made billionaire.