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Book Review of The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
Author: Ayn Rand
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 2


The worst novel in the English language by the worst writer who ever tried to write a novel. Trivial detail upon trivial detail; predictable story; interruptive expostulations of poorly-thought-out "philosophizing"; characters who finally become quite boring in the length of 700 pages. Praised mostly by corporate capitalist centrists for its selfish, arrogant, insulting philosophy of "look-out-for-yourself-and-screw-the-rest" -- the only reason to read it is to be reassured in the reason to resist.