This vaguely interesting story is the propaganda vehicle of Rand's political ideology, Objectivism, one of the foundation stones of American Libertarianism.

Whatever your views of those ideologies, this tome contains a number of multi-page monologues that read more as an instruction manual than as part of a storyline. Proper fourth wall-busting stuff that led to me quietly putting the book down and giving it away.

But it's clearly a polarising book, as shown by the number of 1- and 5-star reviews on this site. That alone makes it worth a try, if you're so inclined.