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A sexy saga of Facebook's birth

Source: The Guardian

Jul 04, 2009

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A Jackie Collins-style romp that claims to expose the secrets of the Harvard students who made billions from social networking is set to become a major movie. Paul Harris reports from New York

Founding a successful website is normally a story that would interest only a handful of computer obsessives. It would certainly not be the subject of a million-dollar publishing deal and a Hollywood movie brimming with A-list talent. But then Facebook is no ordinary website.

A book about the beginnings of the globally popular social networking site, which now has more than 200 million users, is set to hit American bookshelves on 14 July. And far from being a story of bespectacled nerds, it promises to be a tale of sex with Victoria's Secret models, hard-partying champagne bashes and the dark deeds of the rich and powerful.

The cover of the book, The Accidental Billionaires, sets the raunchy tone. It features an overturned cocktail glass and a discarded bra next to the blurb: "A tale of sex, money, genius and betrayal." The exposé is written by the Boston-based author Ben M

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