The King Of Oil

The enjoyable biography of Marc Rich written by Daniel Ammann (2009).  Rich is often viewed as the most successful commodity trader of all time, but remembered for the charges of tax evasion and dealings with Iran that sent him into hiding in Switzerland as a fugitive in the early 1980s.  Ultimately he was pardoned by President Clinton in 2001.  His life is nothing if not interesting.  Born in Europe and fled when the Nazis came to power.  Had dealings with every backwards country with oil in the ground.  Played important, but unreported, roles in significant geopolitical events (particularly in assisting Mossad).  The book definitely treats the U.S. federal prosecutors who pursued him, Rudy Giuliani and Sandy Weinberg, as overzealous and politically motivated.  Certainly a life worth documenting.