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English Summary/英文概要： It was luxurious Palm Beach, by the manicured lawns and Olympic-sized swimming pool, that financier Bernard Madoff ravaged the world of philanthropy and high society he had strived so hard to join, vaporising the assets of charities, foundations and individuals that had trusted him with their funds. It seems nothing was sacrosanct to Madoff, possibly the greatest con-man in history. Even Elie Wiesel’s foundation has lost tens of millions. How could Madoff, a pillar of the Jewish community, do this to a Nobel Laureate and Auschwitz survivor? But Wiesel was hardly alone in trusting the rogue financier. How could some of the most sophisticated and worldly people in America fall victim to a collective delusion for year after year?
’The Believers’ answers these unsettling questions. It opens up the clubbish world where Madoff operated, tracing the links from Palm Beach and The Hamptons to the salons and clubs of Manhattan society. It details the network of relationships across which flows hundreds of millions of dollars. ’The Believers’ shows how despite material success and acclaim, some human impulses remain eternal. It reveals how an underlying sense of insecurity still shapes some of the richest and most successful individuals in America, making them crave ever more status and peer acclaim. By focusing on Madoff’s connection to, and catastrophic impact on, the American Jewish community, ’The Believers’ dramatically humanises a story that is part financial scandal and part Greek tragedy.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： BERNARD MADOFF其人其事：
他被人們親切地叫做“伯爾尼”，
他是美國金融界的神話，
他是納斯達克股市的締造者之一，
他是金融危機恐慌下的美國人的一道心理防線，一線希望。
然而，殘酷的現實是：
他實際上是華爾街歷史上最大的騙子。
涉嫌投資詐騙500億，將面臨150年監禁！
【簡介】
奢華的棕櫚灘、修建整齊的草坪、奧運會賽場般大的游泳池，這裡貯藏了Bernard Madoff從慈善世界和他好不容易躋身入的上流社會搜刮坑騙來的財富，慈善機構、基金會、以及信任他的委託人的資產紛紛到他手中就莫名蒸發。Bernard的手法實在是神奇，他極有可能是史上最大的騙子。就連埃利·威瑟爾基金會Elie Wiesel’s foundation也損失了好幾千萬。身為猶太社會的樑柱，Madoff怎麼忍心對諾貝爾和平獎獲得者、奧斯維辛集中營倖存者埃利·威瑟爾下此毒手？然而，深受其害的不僅僅只有Wiesel, 很難想像美國社會那麼多世故老練的行家竟然都為Madoff的詭計長時間欺騙？
The Believers對這些問題做出一一解答，將Madoff身處的社交世界展現在世人眼前，進行一路追蹤，從棕櫚灘和漢普頓到曼哈頓的沙龍和俱樂部。詳細追尋了億萬美元的流通管道。The Believers向我們展示儘管擁有了財富和名譽，人類的欲望是永無止境的。有些美國人儘管功成名就，但是依然缺乏安全感，渴望更多，要求更多。通過審視Madoff與美國猶太區的聯繫以及對其造成的災難性影響，The Believer所講述的是金融界醜聞與希臘式英雄悲劇參半的故事。(YM & VL)
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