Sixty years ago I was a youthful high school kid who could not get enough Ayn Rand. As I matured I saw how misguided my admiration of Rand was. I found this book a painful read about Ayn Rand despite the writers skill. I also find novels about writers who have a writing problem, as this one does , to be a boor at best. I bailed out at the 10 percent point, I had enough of it.