BETHANY MCLEAN @ APL-Saudi America

Thursday, September 20 at 7PM

Author
BETHANY MCLEAN
speaking & signing
Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World

In conversation with Alex Hannaford

At the Austin Central Public Library

EVENT & TICKET GUIDELINES

• The speaking portion of this event is free & open to the public.
• If you buy a copy of SAUDI AMERICA at BookPeople before the event or at the library on the day of the event, you will recieve a signing line ticket, which will grant you priority access in the signing line after the program.
• Tickets are only available with the purchase of a copy of Saudi America from BookPeople.
• All attendees will be granted access to the signing line. Attendees who bring books from home may join the line after ticketholders. 
• Books & tickets are now available to pre-order. Purchasing a book online automatically assigns you a ticket for the signing. There is no separate "ticket" item to add to your cart.
• Tickets are lettered. The line for the signing will form according to ticket letter after the author speaks.
• Keep checking this page for further guidelines as the event date approaches.

ABOUT SAUDI AMERICA

The technology of fracking in shale rock—particularly in the Permian Basin in Texas—has transformed America into the world's top producer of both oil and natural gas. The U.S. is expected to be "energy independent" and a "net exporter" in less than a decade, a move that will upend global politics, destabilize Saudi Arabia, crush Russia's chokehold over Europe, and finally bolster American power again.

Or will it?

Investigative journalist Bethany McLean digs deep into the cycles of boom and bust that have plagued the American oil industry for the past decade, from the financial wizardry and mysterious death of fracking pioneer Aubrey McClendon, to the investors who are questioning the very economics of shale itself. McLean finds that fracking is a business built on attracting ever-more gigantic amounts of capital investment, while promises of huge returns have yet to bear out. Saudi America tells a remarkable story that will persuade you to think about the power of oil in a new way.

ABOUT BETHANY MCLEAN

Bethany McLean is the co-author of the bestseller The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron with Peter Elkind. Her second book, which she co-authored with Joe Nocera, is All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis. Her most recent book is Shaky Ground: The Strange Saga of the U.S. Mortgage Giants. She is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and lives in Chicago.

ABOUT ALEX HANNAFORD

Alex Hannaford writes about the death penalty, crime, prisons, religion and human interest issues for the Telegraph, Times and Guardian in the UK, and to GQ, The Nation and the Texas Observer.

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