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Book Review of The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
Author: Ayn Rand
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 4


* * * *. Literature. A student of architecture is expelled from school for clinging to his beliefs regarding innovative architecture. He then begins amassing his own clientele who are aligned with his beliefs, while others are determined to ruin his career and livelihood. It's the independent thinker versus the comformist. There are no guns used here, but it is a war as idealists on one extreme hold their beliefs against those on the other end.

Intelligent, thought-provoking, and allegorical.