It’s often said about Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace that reading this classic novel is a challenge even for those with great memories. So many characters to follow. There are even websites devoted to helping the willing reader keep track of the myriad characters.
The challenge of reading War and Peace came to mind while reading The Caesars Palace Coup: How a Billionaire Brawl Over the Famous Casino Exposed the Power and Greed of Wall Street, by Max Frumes and Sujeet Indap. Nearly every well-spaced chapter introduces some new person or persons (and debt classification) to the story of Apollo and Texas Pacific Group’s ill-fated acquisition of Caesars Entertainment, and the endless financial and legal maneuvering that followed a seemingly rare (in the high profile sense) misstep by two of the most highly regarded private equity investing groups in the world.
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