Captivating and charismatic, Peter Munk leads a life of incredible wealth, power and influence. His friends and business associates have included some of the richest and most important people on earth, from Anwar Sadat and Adnan Khashoggi to George Bush and Prince Charles. In this engaging and insightful biography.

Rohmer takes us deep into Munk's sensational life. Munk's remarkable career from the jubilant early days and eventual tragic collapse of Clairtone Sound Corporation, his first foray into the business world, to his spectacular ventures in Egypt, Fiji and Australia. Through these and other adventures, including his recent entanglement in the morass of Busang and Bre-X, Munk has managed to build Barrick Gold into the world's most successful and highly valued gold-mining operation.

Golden Phoenix is a biography of Peter Munk that takes us into not only his business world but also his private world. The result is a sprawling and multi-layered story about a truly magnetic personality and an unequaled life.