A Truck Full of Money
Sep 2016 · Sold by Random House
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“A perfectly executed, exquisitely reported parable of the Internet age and the wild, mad adventure that is start-up culture.”—Charles Duhigg
Fortune, mania, genius, philanthropy—the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains presents an “expertly reported [and] deftly written” (San Francisco Chronicle) account of Paul English, the founder of Kayak and Lola.
In A Truck Full of Money, Tracy Kidder, the “master of the nonfiction narrative” (The Baltimore Sun), tells the story of Paul English, a kinetic and unconventional inventor and entrepreneur, who as a boy rebelled against authority. Growing up in working-class Boston, English discovers a medium for his talents the first time he sees a computer. As a young man, despite suffering from what would eventually be diagnosed as bipolar disorder, he begins his pilgrim’s journey through the ups and downs in the brave new world of computers. Relating to the Internet as if it’s an extension of his own mind, English discovers that he has a talent for conceiving innovative enterprises and building teams that can develop them, becoming “a Pied Piper” of geeks.
With the power of a consummate storyteller, Tracy Kidder casts a fresh, critical, and often humorous eye on the way new ideas and new money are reshaping our culture and the world. A Truck Full of Money takes us inside the mind of a mesmerizing figure who is unique and yet a representative creature of our entrepreneurial age—bold, big-hearted, and as unpredictable as America itself.
Fortune, mania, genius, philanthropy—the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains presents an “expertly reported [and] deftly written” (San Francisco Chronicle) account of Paul English, the founder of Kayak and Lola.
In A Truck Full of Money, Tracy Kidder, the “master of the nonfiction narrative” (The Baltimore Sun), tells the story of Paul English, a kinetic and unconventional inventor and entrepreneur, who as a boy rebelled against authority. Growing up in working-class Boston, English discovers a medium for his talents the first time he sees a computer. As a young man, despite suffering from what would eventually be diagnosed as bipolar disorder, he begins his pilgrim’s journey through the ups and downs in the brave new world of computers. Relating to the Internet as if it’s an extension of his own mind, English discovers that he has a talent for conceiving innovative enterprises and building teams that can develop them, becoming “a Pied Piper” of geeks.
With the power of a consummate storyteller, Tracy Kidder casts a fresh, critical, and often humorous eye on the way new ideas and new money are reshaping our culture and the world. A Truck Full of Money takes us inside the mind of a mesmerizing figure who is unique and yet a representative creature of our entrepreneurial age—bold, big-hearted, and as unpredictable as America itself.
“A perfectly executed, exquisitely reported parable of the Internet age and the wild, mad adventure that is start-up culture.”—Charles Duhigg
Fortune, mania, genius, philanthropy—the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains presents an “expertly reported [and] deftly written” ...
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Jamal Thompson
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July 13, 2024
I absolutely love this a lot and so much with all of this money and wealth that I'm completely so obsessed with it like crazy & I just love money, cash and dollar bills so much in this picture that I want to have me stacks of cash, piles of cash, mountains of cash, thousands of dollars, millions of dollars and even billions of dollars one day in real life so I can be a thousandnaire, a millionaire and a billionaire in life living in luxury, paradise and financial freedom with all of this cash around to play with this money have peace with this money & have good times with all of this money and cash right in my suitcase, briefcase, duffel bag, plastic bag, cardboard box, safe, table, bed, chair, floor, bathroom, backpack, clothes pockets stuffed with money, shirts stuffed with money, money belt, money truck, money gun, raining down dollar bills and cash everywhere, money machine and a wheelbarrow filled up with all of this cash and dollar bills
About the author
Tracy Kidder graduated from Harvard and the University of Iowa. He won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, and many other literary prizes. He is the author of Rough Sleepers, A Truck Full of Money, Good Prose (with Richard Todd), Strength in What Remains, My Detachment, Mountains Beyond Mountains, Home Town, Old Friends, Among Schoolchildren, House, and The Soul of a New Machine. Kidder passed away in 2026.
Tracy Kidder graduated from Harvard and the University of Iowa. He won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, and many other literary prizes. He is the author of Rough Sleepers, A Truck Full of Money, Good Prose (with Richard Todd), Strength in What Remains, My ...
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