THE OLIGARCHS Wealth and Power in the New Russia DAVID E. HOFFMAN

"His book may well be the most authoritative account we will ever get of the early days of the four true Oligarchs'.... He describes and analyzes so well the methods by which money and power were grabbed in the new Russia."
New York Review of Books

"What makes this account both devastating and entertaining is the way Hoffman has pieced it together...he has read far and wide, and operated like a probing private eye."
New York Times Book Review

"Hoffman makes the tale of the men's rise and fall a masterful blend of adventure and serious, informed analysis."
Foreign Affairs

"One of the most vivid and well-researched accounts to date of this tumultuous period in recent Russian history...Many future readers will find themselves returning to Hoffman's book to find out what, exactly, makes Russia tick."
Newsweek

"In his devastating portrait of the so-called Russian oligarchy...Hoffman's ... account provides us with more than its share of instruction...Hoffman brilliantly shows how seemingly halting and insignificant acts finally culminated in changes in a whole society."
Washington Post