The shocking true story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a gripping cautionary tale set amid the bold promises and gold-rush frenzy of Silicon Valley.
John Carreyrou is a member of the Wall Street Journal's investigative reporting team. He joined the Journal in 1999 and has been based in Brussels, Paris, and New York for the paper. John has covered a number of topics during his career, ranging from Islamist terrorism when he was on assignment in Europe to the pharmaceutical industry and the US healthcare system. His reporting on corruption in the field of spine surgery led to long prison terms for a California hospital owner and a Michigan neurosurgeon. His reporting on Theranos was recognized with a George Polk Award.
I couldn’t put down this thriller with a tragic ending . . . a book
so compelling that I couldn’t turn away . . . This book has
everything: elaborate scams, corporate intrigue, magazine cover
stories, ruined family relationships, and the demise of a company
once valued at nearly $10 billion
*Bill Gates, '5 books I loved in 2018'*
A dazzling story of deception in Silicon Valley . . . You will not
be able to put this book down.
*Washington Post*
Carreyrou tells the story virtually to perfection . . . Bad Blood
reads like a West Coast version of All the President’s Men.
*New York Times Book Review*
Riveting . . . a blistering critique of Silicon Valley . . . The
real heroes, though, are his sources: the young scientists who
worked at the company and risked their reputations and careers by
voicing their concerns. Were it not for their courage, Theranos
might still be testing blood today
*Financial Times*
If you’re looking for an engaging non-fiction read, look no further
than Bad Blood . . . a pacy, compelling narrative about
white-collar crime that’s as incredible as any work of fiction.
*Irish Times*
In this Silicon Valley drama, he opens his reporter’s notebook to
deliver a tale of corporate fraud and legal browbeating that reads
like a crime thriller.
*TIME*
Gripping . . . Carreyrou presents the scientific, human, legal and
social sides of the story in full . . . He unveils many dark
secrets of Theranos that have not previously been laid bare.
*Nature*
A parable, with all the usual, delicious ingredients of human
folly: greed, pride, vanity, lust, anger. Above all, it is an
analysis of the phenomenon of hype.
*Daily Telegraph*
Simply one of the best books about a startup ever.
*Forbes*
Bad Blood reveals a crucial truth: outside observers must act as
the eyes, the ears and, most importantly, the voice of Silicon
Valley’s blind spot . . . It gambled not with our smart phones, our
attention or our democracy, but with people’s lives.
*Paste*
Engaging
*The Economist*
A beautifully controlled narrative that challenges the gold-rush
mentality of Silicon Valley.
*Financial Times*
[Holmes') story is a parable about Silicon Valley delusion, but the
gossipy fun comes from seeing which high-profile man (James Mattis,
Joe Biden) gets drawn into Holmes’ scammy web next.
*ELLE*
Carreyrou tells the full, gripping tale of how he slayed the
“unicorn” in a fascinating look at how buzz and billions can blind
people to facts.
*Marie Claire*
You will not be able to put this down.
*Evening Standard*
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