{"product_id":"the-kpmg-files-william-shannon-9798186783718","title":"The KPMG Files: Thirty Years of Scandals, Secrets and Failures","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe KPMG Files: Thirty Years of Scandals, Secrets and Failures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy William Shannon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than a century, KPMG has been one of the world's most influential professional services firms, entrusted with auditing multinational corporations, advising governments, and helping shape the global financial system. Its business is built on one essential commodity: trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut over the last thirty years, that trust has been tested repeatedly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Enron era and the U.S. tax shelter prosecutions to the global financial crisis, South Africa's state capture scandal, Britain's audit crisis, and Australia's confidential tax leaks, \u003ci\u003eThe KPMG Files\u003c\/i\u003e traces the defining controversies that have shaped one of the world's most recognizable accounting firms-and, through its story, the evolution of modern auditing itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on court records, regulatory investigations, parliamentary inquiries, public reports, and decades of documented events, William Shannon reconstructs the history behind the headlines. Rather than offering sensational accusations, the book examines what happened, why it happened, how regulators responded, how KPMG responded, and what these events reveal about the growing pressures facing institutions responsible for safeguarding confidence in global markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is more than the history of one company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of how corporate governance, auditing, regulation, and public trust have evolved over three turbulent decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eThe Smartest Guys in the Room\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhen Genius Failed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBad Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Big Short\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe KPMG Files\u003c\/i\u003e offers an accessible, deeply researched exploration of one of the most important-and least understood-professions in modern finance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an age where billions of dollars move through markets every second, one question has never mattered more: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho audits the auditors?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Shannon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798186783718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"William Shannon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174353936639,"sku":"9798186783718","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-kpmg-files-william-shannon-9798186783718","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}