Paris — Executive-turned-international fugitive Carlos Ghosn is gunning for revenge in a new book published this week about the events surrounding his arrest in Tokyo two years ago, 130-day Japanese imprisonment and dramatic escape to Lebanon.

The former high-flying chair of Nissan Motor and Renault SA, who has denied financial misconduct charges levelled against him, has long said he was set up to prevent deeper integration between the two carmakers, part of a three-way alliance with Mitsubishi Motors. Ghosn remains holed up in Beirut after jumping bail in December and fleeing Tokyo with the help of a former Green Beret, who with his son is now facing extradition to Japan from the US...

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