如果你也认同小说比专业书好看,或许可以从“行业小说”进入商业世界。在此强力推荐北美畅销书作家、已故“行业小说之王”Arthur Hailey(阿瑟·黑利)的作品。
此人擅长把金融[The Moneychangers(《钱商》)]、医疗[The Final Diagnosis(《最后诊断》)、Strong medicine(《烈药》)]、旅业[Hotel(大饭店)]、汽车[Wheels(《汽车城》)]、航空[Airport(《航空港》)]等行业的故事写成引人入胜的小说,主人公是银行家、经理人、医生、医药代表等职场人士。或许你已经久闻其著名小说Hotel(《大饭店》),那可是旅馆管理专业必读的“教科书”。
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《身居高位》黑利小说(英文原版) Arthur Hailey - In High Places
As events bubbles to a scalding boil, leaders of two great nations fought in desperate secrecy to keep the lid on the world. Bartering, backstabbing, browbeating, bribing...and praying for a little more weight to throw on the delicate balance of international power. This is a novel of men at the summit, their bold deals and soiled souls -- and their women, clutching at fevered moments as the time for loving, the time for living, slipped so quickly away.
《身居高位》黑利小说 Arthur Hailey - In High Places-Dell (1986)
In High Places (1962) 《身居高位》
以现在的分类本书应该叫……政治幻想小说,阿瑟黑利开了一个脑洞——冷战背景,美苏核战危机,加拿大总理怕本国成为下一个波兰,决定把加拿大并入美国……过程是总理和政敌们的斗争……和其他小说相比超现实了一点啦,不过看着还是蛮有趣的。