The Instant New York Times BestsellerThe Times Sunday Times Financial Times and Economist
'Best Books of the Year'Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award'A
racy tale of big money bigger egos and #MeToo disgrace . . . Like a real-life blueprint for
the TV show Succession' The Times'Jaw-dropping . . . So weird and compelling - I lost some
sleep unable to put this book down - that the reader may be the only witness to this spectacle
who never feels manipulated' New York Times'A real-life Succession . . . A deeply reported
account of one of the trashiest episodes in recent business history' Financial Times__How
dysfunction sexual misconduct and scandal almost brought down one of Hollywood's greatest
companies.Unscripted is the inside story of the struggle to control one of the world's great
entertainment empires.It is the story of the last great Hollywood mogul Sumner Redstone: the
ninety-something founder of Paramount Global who well into his dotage and facing a scandalous
lawsuit proves increasingly unable to run the sprawling company he has built.It is the story
of his daughter Shari Redstone: Sumner's heir apparent who despite being groomed for power
for six decades struggles to assert her authority over the company and her family's legacy.And
it is the story of her challenger Leslie Moonves: the well-liked CEO of CBS who plots a coup
to take control of the business - until news leaks that he is facing multiple allegations of
sexual misconduct (allegations he has spent years trying to hush up).The result is damning
portrait of how money and power works in Hollywood now. It illuminates an industry struggling
to adapt to the revolution brought by streaming #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. And it reveals
the lengths people will go to in pursuit of power - and the carnage that ensues when they
do.__'Has a business book ever made you blush? . . . With soap-operatic twists and turns
Unscripted makes the amped-up historical fiction of Babylon feel downright chaste by
comparison' Washington Post'The sordid family saga that makes Succession look tame'
Esquire'Addicted to Succession? Well here's the real thing.' Hollywood Reporter'The riveting
Succession-esque tale of the fight for control of Paramount Global' Vanity FairThe Instant New
York Times bestseller March 2023Featured in The Times Best Business and Technology Books of
2023Featured in The Sunday Times Best Business Books of 2023Financial Times Best Business Books
of 2023 LonglistedThe Economist Best Business and Economics Books of 2023 LonglistedFT and
Schroders Business Book of the Year 2023 LonglistedJames B Stewart Pultizer Prize winner
1988 Rachel Abrams Pulitzer Prize winner 2018
