The Mystical Pleasures of Chocolate: Meditations Book

The Kennedy family patriarch clearly laid the blueprint for future money makers and takers, such as Donald Trump and Bernie Madoff. Ruthless, greedy, willing to lay out elaborate schemes and patiently wait for the prime opportunity to strike, Joe Kennedy worked the system to his advantage. Starting out in business as "America's youngest Bank President", Kennedy tries his luck at the burgeoning film industry. Unscrupulous, always keeping his eye on the prize (in this case, making money), Kennedy built relationships, and then when they ceased to be of value to him (on any level), he cut them out of his life, not caring about the emotional ruin he left in his wake. joe Kennedy clearly never lost a night's sleep over ruining anyone's life.

The book reveals an untarnished look at Joe Kennedy's life. His famous family is a side story here (although enough is mentioned to cause the reader to wonder just how sane Rose Kennedy was - for accepting her husband's lifestyles (absences, infidelities, business practices) - and for her own seeming peculiar expectations of parental/family life)

A little weighed down at times with names and dates, the book nevertheless reveals how someone who came from outside the entertainment industry, was able to enter - wreak havoc - and depart, having made millions.