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Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged (1999, Plume) 3 stars

Atlas Shrugged is a 1957 novel by Ayn Rand. Rand's fourth and final novel, it …

Review of 'Atlas Shrugged' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Ayn Rand’s classic Atlas Shrugged (Amazon || Google Books] is an enthralling novel with lots of conservative political implications done in the opposite of brevity. My friend Ami, carried this book probably weighing at least five pounds across most of our Jaunt Down to South America. I wondered at the time why she continued to pack the heavy book in her bag and heft it onto her shoulders every day. Even without having read the book, it sparked a number of interesting discussions between us as she leafed through it’s pages.

I decided that it was finally time for me to go through this highly acclaimed book. Instead of trying to take the time to read the book word for word, I decided to purchase the Unabridged Atlas Shrugged Audio Book and listed to it on my drive back and forth to work, and as I got further into the story I found myself listening to it at times I should have been sleeping...

You can read the full review on my blog, An Allegory of the Free Market and Capitalism, Atlas Shrugged Book Review.