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I may log back on later and answer the remaining questions if my schedule allows. John carreyrou is a pulitzer prizewinning reporter and a nonfiction author. Now to be adapted into a film, with jennifer lawrence to star. In bad blood, john carreyrou tells the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of silicon valley.
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