The Natural History of the Rich A Field Guide [Paperback]

Clever, perceptive and unfailingly interesting.Droll and delightful&Mr. Conniff's charm and fun-loving approach make his book a pleasure from start to finish.Amusing and insightful.A witty compendium of gossip, anecdotes, history and sociobiological research.Hilarious.This book...may change for ever our perception of the urge to make money.A literate, gossipy and altogether engaging romp.Anecdotal, witty, and wonderfully informative.In this witty, well-written field guide, Richard Conniff studies the rich as a biologist studies the mighty mountain gorilla. In the process, he brings the rich down to earth as not only merely human, but distinctly animal.A delightful field-study of the habits of the rich and famous, full of acutely observed insights.A tantalizing, droll study of the idiosyncratic existence of the very rich, through the unexpected lens of the naturalist.