The Spider, Barry Levine
The Spider, Barry Levine
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The Spider
Inside the Tangled Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

Author: Barry Levine

Narrator: Robert Petkoff, Barry Levine

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2020


Synopsis

Who was Jeffrey Epstein? Donald Trump has called the ongoing interest in the details about Epstein’s web of clients and enablers a “hoax.” But in this book, a Pulitzer Prize–nominated journalist delivers the most comprehensive account yet of the disgraced financier’s life and death, revealing a criminal enterprise that stretched over decades.

“An exhaustively detailed look at the life, death, and alleged crimes of Epstein, along with his years-long friendship with Trump in the 1990s and early 2000s—and how Trump’s ascendancy to the presidency ultimately helped expose Epstein.”—Forbes

An ID Book Club Selection • Featured in the Peacock original documentary series Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell

By now, the basic contours of Jeffrey Epstein’s horrendous crimes—his decades-long serial abuse of young women and underage girls—are familiar. But for all that has been written about Epstein since his shocking death in a lower Manhattan jail cell, an astonishing amount remains unknown. A shy Brooklyn kid turned renegade financier, Jeffrey Epstein never wanted to play by the rules of polite society. He was elusive in life and he has remained just as elusive in death.

What is known is that he had amassed nearly $600 million by the time of his death. That fortune allowed Epstein to pursue a privileged, secretive life, jetting between his fortress-like homes in Manhattan, New Mexico, and Little St. James, his private island. Behind these closed doors, Epstein socialized with scientists and world leaders and preyed on powerless young women.

In The Spider, Barry Levine shines a light into the darkest corners of Epstein’s world, including

• Epstein’s young adulthood and earliest accusations of sexual misconduct
• the murky sources of Epstein’s fortune and business dealings

• Epstein’s circle of confidantes and employees, particularly the nature of his long relationship with socialite Ghislaine Maxwell
• his ties to powerful men, including Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and Donald Trump
• Epstein’s last hours as a free man in Paris and the secret operation to arrest him at a New Jersey airport before he could flee
• details on Epstein’s final days in jail and the mystery surrounding his death

The Spider exposes how Epstein operated and evaded justice for so long—and how he drew so many others into his criminal web.

About The Author

Barry Levine is a veteran investigative reporter and editor in print and television. He received the HuffPost’s “Game Changer” award in 2010 and led a reporting team to a Pulitzer Prize nomination for investigative reporting and national news reporting. He is the co-author of All the President’s Women and lives in New York.


Reviews

My two biggest takeaways from the book, other than noting it's good in general, and informative beyond what I already knew, especially given limitations Levine surely faces? 1. Just how much so many law enforcement figures — primarily beat cops, but also detectives and also, it appears, prosecutorial......more

Goodreads review by Yvette

After watching Filthy Rich some time I ago, I was waiting for a perfect book that dig deeper into Epstein's criminal web. I found Levine's investigative work astonishing, he really unearths never-before-reported details of yet of Epstein’s life, death, and his web, including the role of Ghislaine Ma......more

Goodreads review by George

The book suggests it will help answer all the questions surrounding this sick business, but really it does not. At one point Epstein is described as being "charismatic" but later is said to be have "anti-charisma". Certainly he had the capacity to charm many people, although exactly how remains myst......more


Quotes

“[The Spider] delves into the late financier and convicted sex offender’s ‘criminal web.’”—Vanity Fair

“An exhaustively detailed look at the life, death, and alleged crimes of Epstein, along with his years-long friendship with Trump in the 1990s and early 2000s—and how Trump’s ascendancy to the presidency ultimately helped expose Epstein.”—Forbes

“Explosive.”—New York Post

“Bombshell allegations . . . an in-depth investigation.”—The Sun