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Written & audio book narrated by Timothy O'Brien - Abridged Nonfiction - 3 COMPACT DISCS - 3 hours

Publisher, Time Warner Audiobooks (October 2004)

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He has one of the highest-rated shows on television-yet he prefers to spend his nights at home, quietly watching television and munching hamburgers.

He has a line of stylish clothing and bottled water emblazoned with his name and unmistakable image--yet he once needed a loan from his siblings to stay afloat.

His name is plastered on some of the most magnificent hotels and casinos in the world--yet his casino company, swamped in debt, was forced into bankruptcy.

This is the world of Donald Trump, full of glitz, glamour, and other people's money. Yet despite glaring cracks in the shimmering façade, the myth and the image have remained stubbornly impenetrable to a fascinated public--perhaps even to Trump himself. In this unique look inside the life of one of the world's most charismatic businessmen, entrepreneurs, and larger-than-life personalities, top New York Times investigative reporter Timothy L. O'Brien pulls back the velvet curtain surrounding the wizard of hype known simply as The Donald. Featuring interviews not only with Trump's closest friends and associates, but with Trump himself, trUMPNATION delivers revelations of Trump-size proportions.

So step right up, ladies and gentlemen, to the shocking, hilarious, riveting, and completely true story of America's favorite billionaire bad boy, bad hair and all. From the massive egos of New York mayors he courted or defied, to the glamour queens he loved and lost, to the talking dolls, colossal casinos, and personal Oz he created out of smoke and mirrors, prepare to enter trUMPNATION.

About the Author: Timothy L. O'Brien is a staff reporter with The New York Times, where he writes features for the Sunday Business section. He has recently written about the Manhattan art world, Russia and the Russian oil industry, identity theft, Warren Buffett, geopolitics, online newspapers, cyber-extortion, Donald Trump, money laundering, Wall Street, and terrorism.

Prior to returning to the Times in 2003, Tim was the senior feature writer with Talk, a magazine founded by Tina Brown, the former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. Tim was with Talk from 2000 until it ceased publishing in 2002. Before joining Talk, Tim, 43, was a reporter with The Times and, prior to that, The Wall Street Journal. Tim has a B.A. cum laude in literature from Georgetown University, an M.A. in U.S. History from Columbia University, an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, and an MBA from Columbia University.