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.