It's hard to read Paddy Manning's impressive biography of Lachlan Murdoch and not hear the theme song of the hit TV series Succession jangling away in the background.
There's the ageing, but still wily, patriarch always on the search for the next big deal; siblings jetting around the world fighting for family dominance; multi-billion-dollar corporate power plays; and a once all-powerful media empire facing an uncertain future.
In The Successor, Manning tells the intriguing story of a man who at once is one of the world's most prominent media barons, but who also actively shuns the spotlight.
