A review by deegee24
The Financier by Theodore Dreiser

5.0

There aren't too many novels about financial crimes. This one is a masterpiece. The layers of history, the penetrating insights about municipal politics and the criminal justice system are simply astonishing. And don't let anyone tell you Dreiser is a bad prose writer. There are fewer bad sentences in this long novel than you will find in the best of Updike. Sadly, the political corruption and social inequality that gave rise to Frank Cowperwood are all too familar in the 21st century. Why nobody has tried adapting this novel for film or TV is anyone's guess.