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Arthur Hailey – Wheels

August 27, 2009 Leave a comment

Wheels

Wheels

Type: Fiction, Gripping

Rating: 9/10

Review:

I’ve always loved this author. He brings out the best and worst in the industry that he wishes to depict in his novels. The introductory novel of his (for me that is) was Overload, and that was every bit as interesting as this one.

There’s a funny thing  about “Overload” that made me realize that he must write good books if you want all the gory details. I actually read that book at a time when people here were “revolutionizing” electricity and trying to make it cheaper and more available and all that stuff. And when I read the book I realized just how empty those promises could be and the things that could very well be involved in actually getting to do what they so proposed. Read more…