Going for Broke
John Rothchild. Penguin Books, $11 (208pp) ISBN 978-0-14-017316-1
Rothchild chronicles the rise and fall of 1980s department-store tycoon Robert Campeau. Photos. (Nov.)
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Reviewed on: 11/02/1992
Genre: Nonfiction
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