Manning's account of the rise and fall of Nathan Tinkler left me with more answers than questions. Even to the authors own concession, many questions are unanswered and there are gaps in this story. The book does provide an interesting insight into the life of a mining mogul however it left me wondering how different is Tinkler to any other mining billionaire? At least Tinkler gave back to the community, unlike others who are in a position to do so. Unfortunately Manning doesn't elaborate on this aspect of the Tinkler story.

I feel Manning missed his target of delivering a fair, balanced and objective account of the rise and fall of Nathan Tinkler. It was difficult to get an idea of the real Nathan Tinkler given there are so many conflicting stories/opinions and the biography is lacking comment from the man himself how do you reconcile comments such as he was a smart, happy-go-lucky gregarious.. had great personal drive, good sense of humour guts.. passionate, wears his arse on his sleeve with single-minded, non-communicative.. couldnt demonstrate understanding arrogant had nothing but contempt for the average wage earner The book is a waste of money just google Nathan Tinkler if you want to find out all about the medias opinion of the guy.

A light hearted read, but difficult to establish fiction from fact given it is only one side of the story even to the authors own concession, many questions are unanswered and there are gaps in this story. How different is Tinkler to any other mining mogul? I would suggest not much. at least he gave back to the community.