Book Excerpt for the Day

    "I think they buy up loads of stuff from one lot of companies and sell it to another lot of companies for more than they paid for it."

    "The bauxite, you mean?"

    "Yes, though really that wouldn't fit at all, would it?  Maybe they're into mineral rights as well as minerals."

    Paul frowned.  He wasn't sure minerals had rights, though he couldn't see offhand why they shouldn't.  He couldn't remember having seen mineral rights activists picketing steelworks on the telly, or being stopped in the street and asked to sign petitions about it, but maybe the movement was still in its infancy.


(from The Portable Door by Tom Holt)

8½*/10. The complete review is here.
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