Susan B. (sueberry) reviewed on + 6 more book reviews
It was a good book with the pace at about the right pace -- not to slow, not to fast. It is the story of a son who inherits his father's newspaper. The son has always lived in his father's shadow and resents him. The father's will conditions the inheritance on the son outdoing the New York Times in a daily sales for one day. If he does not, he will lose ownership of the paper and it will be sold. The son has one year from the time he is given the paper to make it happen. The newspaper is a has-been when the son inherits it. The son feels he has been set up to fail by his father. Out of the blue, the son lands on a story that does what the father has commanded--that is, to outsell the New York Times on one day. The son's methods are questionable, and probably immmoral, unethical and illegal. After this victory, the son smells blood. He wants more successs--at whatever price.
