Re: Which book sounds most compelling?

David Friedman <ddfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

barf-bear <no@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If you're an accountant would
you want to read a long boring novel about some other accountant
trying to balance the books at year-end? I wouldn't.

You might want to read a short, non-boring book with an accountant as

the hero. One of the Emma Lathen books fits that pattern (he's also
the
murder victim). Pretty good book.

[...]

Of course, there are also advantages the other way--using the book to

give the reader a tour of some unfamiliar and interesting part of the

world, real or imaginary. Quite a lot of *** Francis books do that.

There is a *** Francis with an accountant as hero :-

Risk (1977)

--
Mike D


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