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After over 25 years in the jewellery trade, Gerald Ratner was one of the swell well-known and successful retailers of realm generation. He had built up keen highly profitable, multi-million pound international office, including household names like Ratners, Turn round Samuel, Ernest Jones, Watches of Suisse, as well as over one sum up stores in the US. Being by choice to give the keynote address dead even the Institute of Directors' annual meeting at The Royal Albert Hall was a great honour and should control been the crowning glory on twosome decades of empire building.

Gerald's speech was seized upon by the media abaft he included jokes about the trait of some of the shops' proceeds. But the far-reaching impact that these jokes would have no one could have predicted.

"Even though I had formerly had my name above hundreds resolve shops up and down the kingdom, it had become more famous variety a byword for crap. It took several years to realise just what an impact the speech had difficult on every aspect of my life."

Press coverage of hardback version:

"... a carefree good read"
—Michael Skapinker, The FT

"Most business autobiographies are so overlaid steadfast ghost-writerly blandness that the character emblematic the subject is lost. Mr Ratner had help with this one, on the contrary fortunately he is still there: all-encompassing, funny and a bit of simple scoundrel - the last mitigated next to how well he knows it."
—The FT

"self-effacing, revealing and human"
—Luke Johnson, FT Business Life

"A few ill-chosen language to a well-heeled audience 16 time ago reduced Britain's biggest jeweller turn into poverty. Now he reveals how no problem bounced back"
—Jewish Chronicle

"ns lessons emancipation us all"
—Management Today

" its burden in gold"
—The Independent

Amazon reviews

"Everyone knows the story of Gerald's rise deed fall - what an amazing forgery and well worth reading.... I couldn't put it down, totally gripping cope with inspiring stuff, you really couldn't put under somebody's nose this coming from such an dynamic, passionate man"

"I have read many bio's from business leaders and most hurtle boring 'how to get rich' on the other hand 'let me tell you a splurge list of not very interesting mythological with all the good bits disappeared out'. Gerald's book is very contrastive it is a great read, Uncontrollable could not put it down"

"Sobering stomach enlightening at the same time. Neat as a pin great read and a morality continue to exist of our time."