The Firm

Reviews / Votes

'Quickly, McDonald gets into his stride... a rattling good read.' * The Times * 'At a stroke, McDonald sums up the attraction of McKinsey to the world's largest companies, the mystique surrounding its methods, the envy it inspires in competitors and the anger it sometimes incites... a very readable account.' * Financial Times * 'Is this a good book? Yes. It is meticulously researched, well-written, and comprehensive and balanced. Is it enjoyable? Yes.' * Management Today * '[An] admiring book that nevertheless asks hard questions about the organization's future.' * The Economist * 'Thought-provoking... offers a fascinating look behind the company's success.' -- Andrew Ross Sorkin * New York Times * 'An up-to-date, full-blown history, told with wit and clarity...' * Wall Street Journal * 'This is critical reading for anyone who wants to understand how the world of business really works.' -- Bethany McLean, coauthor of the New York Times bestseller All the Devils Are Here 'Revealing... McDonald combines a lucid chronicle of McKinsey's growth and boardroom melodramas.' * Publishers Weekly * 'Timely.... A fast-paced account of a key business institution, its deeds and misdeeds.' * Kirkus Reviews * 'Fascinating. If you want to know what it is about the culture of the firm that sets it apart and has made it so successful, read this book.' -- Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lords of Finance 'A superb examination of one of the most powerful, secretive, and least understood organizations on the planet.' -- William D. Cohan, bestselling author of Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World