BookAs The Crow Flies
AuthorJeffrey Archer
Year1991
Pages736
Read 1-18 June, 2003 (en route and in Vancouver)
TypeFiction/Thriller
Plot Outline Charlie Trumper is the grandson of a salesman in a barrow. Charlie wants to own the biggest barrow of the world when he grows up. He starts with his grandpa's barrow. He has to go off to World War I, but returns to find his friend and partner Rebecca Salmon has maintained his business.
His War colleague Guy Trent is upto no good and Rebecca succumbs to his charms. She is pregnant, but he rejects her. Charlier marries Rebecca and accepts her son, Daniel.
The Trumper empire grows and becomes public. His company's shares are bought by Guy's mother through her son, Nigel. It seems as if Nigel will take over the company by virtue of his shares, unless Charlie finds out if Guy has another child, other than Daniel.
Who is Cathy, who has come from Australia and why does Daniel commit suicide after having a relationship with Cathy?
Comments Jeffrey Archer is a prolific British author with a number of best sellers. As The Crow Flies is a beautifully written work, which goes at a very fast pace. The portrayal of the ascend of Charlie and his trials and tribulations is very poignant.