This book is surprisingly good. It is amazingly absurd and poignant, trending from amusing to downright cynical.

The craziest thing, though, is that this book---first published in 1954 and taking place in the mid-1930s---carries the narrative of "class warfare", American individualist optimism, corruption, Wall Street, etc straight out of today's (2015) media. It always amazes me when the major corruptions and perversions of sociopolitical systems of today are represented in nearly the exact same form in books that are decades old. Either we improved and regressed, or never improved at all, both of which are sad.

In any case, this is a great, very short book that is entertaining and awesome.