Rawles Rawles' novel has been described as a survival manual disguised as fiction. That's a pretty good assessment. Even if you're not normally a fan of horror-thriller writer Koontz, this one's worth the read. The End of the Beginning by Jerry Furland America transfers to digital currency and a cashless society at the opening of the new millennium. Utopia is at hand.
Financial crime is at an end.
The Big C must have used it as his textbook. This novel is wordy by today's standards, but it is a piercingly written portrait of a power seeker and of the self-abasement of those who try to live in his orbit. Some consider it among the greatest American novels. It is less about politics than about human nature. If you haven't read the earlier Discworld books, don't start with this one.