Wrong Way: The Fall of Conrad Black

Wrong Way: The Fall of Conrad Black is a story of corporate intrigue, backroom  dealings, shareholder activism — and the spectacular fall from grace of  newspaper tycoon Conrad Black.

Black seemed untouchable with a newspaper empire that spanned three  continents and a seat in Britain’s House of Lords. In the fall of 2003,  his carefully constructed world crumbled when his company accused him of  siphoning off millions of dollars of corporate money. He now found  himself the target of U.S. regulators, an object of ridicule in the  international press, and a self-described “pariah” among the rich and  famous he once called his friends.

In this comprehensively researched chronicle of the unraveling of  Black, authors McNish and Stewart provide an inside glimpse as to how  the seemingly invincible tycoon was brought down by his own shareholders  and ousted as the head of his company, Hollinger International Inc.  Published by Penguin Group (Canada), this novel is a story of corporate  intrigue, backroom dealings, shareholder activism — and, ultimately,  Conrad Black’s fall from grace. McNish and Sinclair Stewart have dug  deep into Black’s career by interviewing leading players and gaining  behind-the-scenes accounts of his corporate machinations. The authors  chart the press baron’s dramatic rise to power, his shrewd old-boy  networking to gain a British peerage, and high-profile marriage to a  glamorous right-wing columnist Barbara Ameil.

Jacquie McNish has been a business journalist in Canada and the United  States for twenty-four years. She was a financial reporter for The Wall Street Journal and is currently a senior writer for The Globe and Mail in Toronto, ON. She has won numerous journalism awards including a National Newspaper Award in 1993 and 2003.

Sinclair Stewart is a Globe and Mail business reporter, where he covers financial services. He was formerly a financial reporter with The National Post.