I'll be interested in your insights. I did not agree with everything I've read so far-I did appreciate the conversational style-and I especially loved Thomas's discussion of "Calumet K" a book db and I picked up in the 90s because we had read an old Objectivist newsletter about how Rand was influenced by this early 20th century novel and she actually helped to get it republished. For those just starting to read Rand's fiction-this is a novel that will speak to to most of us on this site. Simply told, short and sweet-instructive.