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。
此人将金融 [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。小说Hotel(《大饭店》)是旅馆管理专业必读的“教科书”。
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《侦探》 阿瑟黑利小说(英文原版) Arthur Hailey - Detective
Arthur Hailey
Arthur Hailey (1920-2004), the author of eleven novels, many of which became #1 New York Times bestsellers, was born in Luton, England. He served as a pilot and flight lieutenant in the British Royal Air Force during World War II and immigrated to Canada in 1947. While working for a transportation trade magazine, he scored his first writing success with a television drama, and began to write screenplays full-time for various networks during the golden age of live television. His novel-writing career took off in 1959 with the publication of his first novel, The Final Diagnosis, and picked up velocity with Hotel and then Airport, which spent thirty weeks in the number-one spot on the New York Times bestseller list and became a blockbuster film.