The Moneychangers

Rating:
Summary: Good for some, not so good for others
Review: On the one hand, Mr. Hailey's artistic brilliance is impossible to deny. He's one of the most skilled writers around, if not the best. His stories are realistic, thrilling, touching, funny - in that sense, they are likely to exceed your expectations. This book, too, contains plot lines, scenes and characters that are just fabulous.

On the other hand, this book has one really annoying flaw: Mr. Hailey makes a very strong political statement in support of value-destroyers. By those, I mean incapable people who attempt to destroy other people's productive achievements by making them feel guilty for no legitimate reason. Productive and selfish people are described very negatively in this book. If you tend to the Socialist/PC way of thinking, you'll just love the book. If you are a supporter of freedom and free enterprise, you might find this book more or less disturbing.

If you haven't read any of Mr. Hailey's works before, you better choose Airport. That's a true masterpiece, uncomparable with Moneychangers. If you are, however, a fan of Mr. Hailey and familiar with most of his works, there's no reason why you shouldn't read this book as well.

Rating:
Summary: a very insightful book. good characterizations
Review: This book is one of Arthur Hailey's best books and well worth reading, both for insights into another industry (which Hailey always does well) and for well-constructed characters.

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Summary: enter the bankers' world!
Review: What did I know about banks before? A little! But since I read this book, I knew more about banks and the dillemas they face amidst the ordinary revolution of this naive world. It offers a view of a collapsing realm of economy, that which holds the blood line of society. Good!