The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron

by Bethany McLean

floating the idea with Enron’s accountants at Arthur Andersen. Even they

master presenter. He knew how to convey the sense of limitless opportunities

absolutely nothing wrong. Skilling “clearly thinks Californians should be

tougher than they’re talking about. . . . I mean it could be almost catastrophic

Wall Street Journal, he summed up all the fury Californians felt: “I would love to personally escort Lay to an 8 by 10 cell that he could share with a tattoed dude who says, ‘Hi, my name is Spike, honey.’ ”