Other reviewers have eloquently described this book. And it is not unpleasant reading--it is distracting and mildly entertaining. It won't keep you up all night finishing it.I just want to re-iterate that the acquisition of limitless wealth, the change of identity and appearance, and the various revenges taken, strain the credibility way too far. The last part of the book is all juvenile fantasy wish fulfillment, and made me uncomfortably embarrassed for the author, who I have to presume took the fantasy wishes from his own collection. Sure, we all have these fantasies, but if I'm going to read about someone else's, I'd like them described a little more artfully.