FEATURED AUTHOR - Art Blegen is the author of “The Adventures of Kris”, a series of early middle-grade chapter books for young readers from six to ten years old. Each child is important, and each family matters to Art. He is an advocate for educating children and their parents to ensure they have a healthy balance of positive examples in their lives. Wholesome stories and a healthy imagination can lay the foundation they will use for the rest of their lives. Whether playing with his grandchildren or coaching…
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I wasn't completely sold on Kerry as a protagonist. He uses tactics like relying on his vast wealth to buy up property his competitors can't afford and undercutting their prices with the intention of driving them out of business. Generally practices that would be frowned on today, but I guess we should consider him innovative. He struck me as a bully with more money using that as leverage to win his real life game of monopoly.
But yeah, there is a twist ending which is surprising. A decent read although Im not tempted to reread it to try to see it coming.
Unfortunately, REH didn't complete "Slave Princess" the final Cormac story, which would have been the best Comac story for certain. (enough exists to set up the plot well)
The author was apparently a reporter and his eye for detail shines through. I love books like this, written during the actual time period, rather than an author imagining they were there. If this were written by a contemporay author, the author would feel the need to encourage the heroines the sufferegette movement, or comment on the wonderful mixing of whites and blacks at a black and tan joint, in order to be "on the right side of history", rather than just reporting the conditions without judgement, just using them to add colour to the atmosphere.
The enthusiasm for the lastest technological advances in listening devices such as a "detectograph"would also be missed.
A true gem that deserves to be celebrated and not passed into obscurity. Much better than any modern writer could do with the time period.