Hailey, Arthur - Hailey, Arthur 1920–
Hailey, Arthur 1920–
Hailey, an English-born Canadian novelist and playwright, has won enormous popularity with his slick and engrossing formula fiction. The Final Diagnosis, Hotel, Airport, and Wheels are among the most widely read of all contemporary novels. (See also Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4, rev. ed.)
"Wheels" is at once an exposé of and a salute to the auto industry. The exposures are directed largely at the work force, who may well deserve them; at car dealers, who are certainly not without sin; and at the M—a, which controls the crime rampant in all auto plants. On the other hand, Mr. Hailey plays a diligent Boswell to management's Doctor Johnson. He describes the pox-marks on his subject's cheeks, but finds him to be an admirable fellow.
The book (a Hailey hallmark) is crammed with information about the design, manufacture and marketing of automobiles. It has a Tolstoy-sized cast. Its plot has more...
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