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by: Howard Roughan  EAN: 9781841154442 Format: Import ISBN: 184115444X Label: Fourth Estate Manufacturer: Fourth Estate Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: 2001 Publisher: Fourth Estate Studio: Fourth Estate Related Items: Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Average Rating:
 Rating:  - But I Don't Want To Go Bed!!!!!!!!!It's 2 am and I have a 7 am golf tee time. I'm on page 243 and I am wide awake. Why? Because I can't turn the pages to the Up and Comer fast enough. Am I getting my point across? Absolutely one of the finest pieces of fiction to come along. Great character development, perfect plot, a little bit of spice -- all this adds up to the perfect book. Word of advice -- make sure you've got an uninterupted 8 to 12 hours because once you start, you won't stop. Make it 10 Stars for Up and Comer!!!!!!! Rating: - One of the Most Impressive Debuts I've Read RecentlyLike a lot of people, I never heard of Howard Roughan until I read James Patterson's novel HONEYMOON, which Roughan co-wrote. I thought HONEYMOON was better written than the average Patterson novel, so I thought I would give one of Roughan's earlier novels I shot. I'm glad I did. THE UP AND COMER is a very witty, darkly comic novel. It is also a novel that features an remarkably unlikable character as its protagnoist. New York attorney Philip Randall has married his wife Tracy for ... Read More Rating:  - A terrific, fast-paced and well plotted bookSimply put, if you like books that move quickly but still are well written, have very clever satire, and still have a good plot with strange but believable characters, you will like Howard Roughan's "The Up and Comer". I don't know how I missed this book when it was released but Mr. Roughan truly can write in this genre. I often find books of this type to be simply trash, ones you might finish but never really admit to having read. This one is different. Someone who willingly allows their life to ... Read More Rating: - A devious little gemI first read this book several years ago, but I can't stop re-reading it. The protagoinst of this book, Phillip Randall, is, to put it mildly, ethically challenged. Basically, Phillip is just a guy who already has it all and is willing to do whatever it takes to get more, more, and more. He's perfectly happy to take advantage of the opulent lifestyle provided by his wife's father's money, to climb the corporate ladder at his law firm no matter what the ethical cost, and, when the mood strikes him, ... Read More Rating: - Great character study!The main character, Philip, is an anti-hero that is amoral, complex and intriguing all at the same time. The book is an easy page turner and the ending is very fitting. 
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