[Billthedrill]

Capital is three volumes of pure misery. At least Rand broke the monotony occasionally with a scene of Dagny getting her clothing torn off. The Manifesto, though, is exceedingly interesting reading, IMHO, especially the "historically inevitable" parts Marx had to fudge twenty years later in Capital when they didn't come to pass.

I was actually thinking in terms of fiction. For non-fiction I like Publius's idea.

OTOH, a little rewrite could make Capital more accessible. "'Oh, Hans!' she gasped, grasping the torn remnants of her silk blouse against her nubile body. 'Tell me again about ze relations of production und ze labor theory of value, you beast!'" Hot puppydogs, we got us a best-seller on our hands there... ;-)

[r-q-tek86]

I was actually thinking in terms of fiction. For non-fiction I like Publius's idea.

Ok... Fed papers or Nurses it is

[definitelynotaliberal]

OTOH, a little rewrite could make Capital more accessible. "'Oh, Hans!' she gasped, grasping the torn remnants of her silk blouse against her nubile body. 'Tell me again about ze relations of production und ze labor theory of value, you beast!'" Hot puppydogs, we got us a best-seller on our hands there... ;-)

You might want to collaborate w/Mark Sanford on that one. Certainly, you speak in the same poetic vein. Perhaps you could call it A Practised Capitalust or something similarly banal.

[definitelynotaliberal]

For fiction, I wouldn’t mind going back to one of the idols of my youth - Milan Kundera’s Immortality perhaps? What say ye?