The Secret World of Oil Paperback – 5 May 2015

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Review ------ “An engaging journey through the sector’s murkiest crevices, through with ill-concealed disgust at the corruption at its heart.”– Financial Times “[A] fast-paced, colorful exposé”– The Nation “Ken Silverstein’s sharp investigative reporting has again dragged a cast of shady operators into the public eye with his must-read book, The Secret World of Oil. Oil is the cause of so much pain in the world. As the fossil fuel industry tightens its grip on our warming planet, The Secret World of Oil names names, and exposes the brokers, lobbyists, and fixers who profit from the misery of millions and the accelerating of the planet.”– Amy Goodman, host & executive producer, Democracy Now! “Crude oil covers crude business practices. In this investigation journalist Ken Silverstein swims through this murky moral world.”– New Statesman “Ken Silverstein is one of the best investigative journalists of his generation—or any generation. His latest book, The Secret World of Oil, is a masterpiece of revelation. With a deft combination of detail and color, Silverstein exposes the darkest shade of crude: the fixers and middlemen who arrange the deals that provide us with the oil we need to keep our cars running and our homes warm. As Silverstein shows, these deals enrich the kleptocrats of our world and make life worse, rather than better, for their unfortunate subjects. It is a shameful and captivating tale about a pipeline of corruption that we must fix.”– Peter Maass, author of Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil “Much has been written about the oil industry, but Ken Silverstein provides an entirely new window into this vitally important universe. For the first time, we encounter the fixers, flacks, and traders behind the secretive deals that drive the industry and enrich its leading operators. After reading this book, you will never think about oil in the same way again.”– Michael Klare, author of The Race for What's Left: The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources “Silverstein writes with keen reportorial objectivity but also understandable skepticism about...the frighteningly tyrannical hold that oil has on the free (and not-so-free) world. The book’s revelations make Wall Street corruption seem tame by comparison.”– Kirkus Reviews About the Author ---------------- Ken Silverstein is a fellow of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. He was a 2010-2012 Open Society Fellow. He served as Washington editor of Harper's magazine from 2006 to 2010. Previously on the staff of the Los Angeles Times, Silverstein has also written for Mother Jones, Wallpaper, Washington Monthly, the Nation, Slate, Salon, and many other publications.