Crazy Rich : Power, Scandal, and Tragedy Inside the Johnson & Johnson Dynasty (Hardcover)

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This book depicts the progress of one family from rags to riches. A rather stereotypical presentation of how wealth and power can be a dangerous combination. The history of the families involved with the Johnson&Johnson empire is fascinating and at times appalling. The stories of the entangled fa...

from jwood652

Just like a soap opera, but less believable! That's the history of the Johnson family. I really enjoyed the book, but it is sometimes hard to follow because it skips around a bit and it is tough keeping all the characters (and I stress the word characters) straight. It could use a family tree (in...

from SigmundFraud

It is not very well written but i enjoyed it. Lots of gossip about the debauched Johnsons. It is a sad story in many ways. So many ruined lives. Too much unearned income destroyed many of the Johnsons.

from KerryMarsh

At a whopping 500 pages, Crazy Rich is no light read. But it's not just the number of pages that make it so - the account of the personal history of the Johnson & Johnson family is well written and in depth. There is no end to the philandering, divorces, lunatic antics and opulence that surrounde...

from lkernagh

"They are a mixed-up, weird bunch, and always have been," he came to believe. "You couldn't make them up in fiction. They are dysfunctional and just don't know how to live a normal life. The whole family is like a great big spiderweb that innocent people would drop into - normal people who get ca...