Book review: Kane & Abel by Jeffrey Archer

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It's a book I borrowed from my friend George in the army, the lawyer...And it's been a good week of reading in the sub-camp in the mountains, where you actually have nothing else to do in your spare time other than playing chess, watching tv or reading...

The book was written in 1979 and you can tell from the style. The story is a bit exaggerrated, talking about 2 people that grew up in different backgrounds, one very poor and one very rich, struggled in business throughout their lives and became rivals, ending up hating and fighting against each other.

Aside of the story itself, which is a good read, the book has a few good and solid messages:

• goal - focused (is there such an expression?) effort and ambition is most likely to lead on results in the long run
• Most of the times life can be unpredictable in good and bad ways. But that depends on our interpretation and reaction/preparation for our next steps
• It does'nt really matter how many times one falls during their lifetime. What matters is how many times they are able to rise again
• Obsession is most likely to lead to destruction and loneliness

I liked this one as well :)