Book review: Joe Nocera's Good Guys & Bad Guys

Posted Jul 9th 2008 5:55PM by Zac Bissonnette
Filed under: Books

The advance praise on the back of Good Guys & Bad Guys: Behind the Scenes with the Saints and Scoundrels of American Business (and Everything in Between) includes this line from Jim Cramer: "Joe Nocera's the best business writer alive."

Since this book is a collection of Nocera's best work spanning the past 25 years, this is definitely one you'll want to pick up. It includes lengthy profiles of T. Boone Pickens and Steve Jobs (both more than 20 years old), the latter of which should be read by anyone who is considering an investment in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).

Nocera has a unique ability to put together telling profiles of some of America's most important and controversial -- like Henry Blodget and Patrick Byrne -- business minds that provide real insight without disintegrating into pseudo-psychoanalytical babble.

It would be nice to see Nocera put together a full-length book of original material but this is a good start -- if you like his New York Times columns, this is worth picking up.

Tags: aapl, Joe Nocera, JoeNocera, steve jobs, SteveJobs, t. boone pickens, T.BoonePickens

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7-09-2008 @ 7:21PM

dan said...

T Boon Pickens, I think I might like this guy. I seen him do an interveiw without his shoes on. Not sure about his Plan though. Wind and solar, We have to do something in this country thats for certain. Sounds better then the candidates Plans. I signed a petition at http://www.tboonpickens.com asking mccain and Obama to embrace Boon's plan.

7-09-2008 @ 7:35PM

dan said...

7-10-2008 @ 10:00AM

dan said...

Who is T Boon Pickens why havnt I heard of him ? I have always been leary of the super rich. T. Boon Pickens. I dont know, Ive read a little about his plan but I dont know enough about energy to make a good judgement. I wonder what every one else thinks about his plan. You can see his plan at http://www.tboonpickens.com