"I'dsayyouwereacarnivalbarker,exceptthatwouldn'tbefairtocarnivalbarkers.Acarniewillatleasttellyouupfrontthathe'srunningashellgame.You,Mr.Lay,wererunningwhatpurportedtobetheseventhlargestcorporationinAmerica."-SenatorPeterFitzgerald(R-IL)toEnronCEOKennethLay,SenateCommerceScience&Transportation'sSubcommittee,HearingonEnron,2/12/02.ThespeedofEnron'sriseandfallistrulyastonishingandperhapsthesinglemostimportantstoryofcorporatefailureinthetwenty-firstcentury.In"Enron",investigativejournalist,LorenFoxpromisesreadersnothingshortofthemostcompellingandinsightfulinvestigationintoEnron'smeteoricascent-regardedbyWallStreetandthemediaastheepitomeofinnovation-anditsspectacularfallfromgrace.Inalivelyandauthoritativemanner,FoxdiscusseshowthebiggestcorporatebankruptcyinAmericanbusinesshistoryhappened,whyforsolongnoone(exceptforanenlightenedfew)sawitcoming,andwhatitsimpactwillbeonfinancialmarkets,theU.S.economy,U.S.energypolicy,andthepublicforyearstocome.Withaccesstomanycompanyinsiders,Fox'sintriguingaccountofthiscorporatedebaclealsoprovidesanoverviewofthecorporatecultureandbusinessmodelthatledtoEnron'shigh-flyingsuccessanddisastrousfailure.ThestoryofEnronisonethatwillreverberateinglobalfinancialandenergymarketsaswellasincriminalandcivilcourtsforyearstocome.Rifewithalltheelementsofaclassicthriller-scandal,dishonestaccounting,personalgreed,questionablecampaigncontributions,suicide-"Enron"capturestheessenceofacompanythatwenttoofartoofast.