A masterpiece of investigative journalism and arguably the best business narrative ever written, this commemorative edition marks the book's twentieth anniversary and brings the story up-to-date. Bryan Burrough and John Helyar’s gripping record of the frenzy that overtook Wall Street in October and November of 1988 is the story of deal makers and publicity flaks, of strategy meetings and society dinners, of boardrooms and bedrooms, giving us not only a “fly on the wall” look at how financial operations at the highest levels are conducted but also a richly textured social history of wealth at the twilight of the Reagan era. As compelling as a novel, Barbarians at the Gate is a modern-day classic and a book written with a journalistic bravado that has never been matched.