Comments on: The Fear Index

By: klhoughton

klhoughton — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:31:10 +0000

“Oh, and did I mention there’s even an autistic fund-of-funds manager named Ezra Klein?”

Any relation to the lobotomized blogger whose own contributions have become the weakest part of his WaPo empire?

By: Gaw

Gaw — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:16:00 +0000

Try this financial thriller – it has some great Amazon reviews (and doesn’t cost a lot):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Region-of-Sin-eb ook/dp/B0058NX9N4

By: Curmudgeon

Curmudgeon — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:36:46 +0000

Thanks for letting me know of a new Robert Harris book. He’s an extremely versatile writer who has done very different works, all compelling.

By: FelixSalmon

FelixSalmon — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:10:20 +0000

or, you know, time travel. Or Arnold Schwarzenegger.

By: theamblerx

theamblerx — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:54:48 +0000

I’m a big fan of Robert Harris, but this book didn’t impress me as much as his other books. I see from the Amazon reviews that I am not alone in thinking that.

I know Harris spends a lot of time researching for his books and I don’t doubt it was the same for this book, but I wonder if he spent much time researching popular entertainment about similar subject matters. He might have found his novel wasn’t that original in concept – it’s like ‘The Terminator’ without automatic weapons.