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First published in the United States of America by Portfolio, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 2003
Updated paperback edition published 2004
This edition with a new foreword and afterword published 2013
Copyright © 2003, 2004 by Fortune, a division of Time, Inc.
Foreword copyright © 2013 by Joe Nocera
Afterword copyright © 2013 by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind
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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:
McLean, Bethany.
The smartest guys in the room : the amazing rise and scandalous fall of Enron / Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-59184-008-4 (hc.)
ISBN 978-1-59184-660-4 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-698-15882-5 (eBook)
l. Enron Corp.—History. 2. Energy industries—Corrupt practices—United States. 3. Business failures—United States—Case studies. I. Elkind, Peter. II. Title.
HD9502.U54E5763 2003
333.79'0973—dc21
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