The Hit Charade: Book Guide, Author and Facts
The Hit Charade by Tyler Gray: plot, author, genre and where to read, in one evergreen guide.
Without Lou Pearlman, there would have been no Backstreet Boys, no *NSYNC, and possibly no Justin Timberlake. In the late 1990s, Pearlman's boy bands ushered out guitar-and-angst-driven grunge music, and *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys began to dominate the television and radio airwaves. At the core of this squeaky-clean pop revolution was a sinister international fraud conceived by Pearlman, a husky huckster who first honed his crooked business skills as a teenage math nerd and blimp enthusiast in Flushing, Queens. From there in the mid 1980s and from his Orlando, Florida, base in the early 1990s through 2007, he cheated hundreds of investors out of nearly $500 million. When they finally caught on to him and started demanding he return their money, the 'Sixth Backstreet Boy' had already fled to Germany and then to Indonesia, where he was eventually nabbed by authorities and charged with a hi
Quick facts about The Hit Charade
- Title: The Hit Charade
- Author: Tyler Gray
- First published: 2008
- Genre: true crime, ponzi schemes, sound recording executives and producers
- OpenLibrary ID: OL9302797W
Where to read The Hit Charade
The Hit Charade by Tyler Gray is widely available in print, ebook and audiobook editions from major retailers and libraries.
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What is The Hit Charade about?
Without Lou Pearlman, there would have been no Backstreet Boys, no *NSYNC, and possibly no Justin Timberlake.
Who wrote The Hit Charade?
The Hit Charade was written by Tyler Gray.
When was The Hit Charade published?
The Hit Charade was first published in 2008.
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