About "Wheels" Author Arthur Hailey | All About Author Arthur Hailey

Arthur Hailey, writer: born Luton, Bedfordshire 5 April 1920; married 1944 Joan Fishwick (three sons; marriage dissolved 1950), 1951 Sheila Dunlop (one son, two daughters); died Lyford Cay, New Providence Island 25 November 2004. He became a full-time writer in 1956, encouraged by the success of the CBC television drama, Flight into Danger . His biggest work Hotel in 1965 as earned his first fame. Critics often claimed Hailey's success as the result of a formulaic style in which he centered a crisis on an ordinary character, then inflated the suspense by hopping among multiple related plotlines. However, he was so popular with readers that his books were guaranteed to become best-sellers books. He researches on the themes of his books in such an extensive and aggressive manner that it gives his novels a realism that appealed to readers, even as some critics complained that he used it to mask a lack of literary talent.

Introduction Arthur Hailey "Wheels" Book | What the book "Wheels" is about?
This interesting novel throws a glance over the U.S. auto industry in the early 1970's. Author Arthur Hailey (1920-2004) introduces several characters, including corporate executives, middle managers, corrupt auto dealers, and the blue collar workers that sweated to build cars on the assembly line, each of which has their own separate story that connects with the story of main character. The author introduces the fascinating and interesting side of auto industry through these characters. He also covers side issues like pollution, auto safety, mob influence in the factories, apartheid and urban decline. This all takes place in and around the troubled city of Detroit, the automobile capital of the world, which was well into its tragic downslide by the 70's.

Arthur Hailey "Wheels" Book Plot review | Characters is the book "Wheels"
In Motor City, passionate men and women play a power game fueled by greed, lust, and dreams. The plot lines follow many of the topical issues of the day, including race relations, corporate politics, and business ethics. The book Wheels took place in Detroit in the late 1960s. Adam Trenton works as an executive in charge of project development at the fictional auto-manufacturing firm of National Motors. Adam was very much ambitious and ruthless in developing a new production outhmarketed car known as the Hawk. Meanwhile, Adam's bored and neglected wife Erica. Eventually, Adam himself acquired a mistress, who in turn fell in love with Adam's son Kirk. As if things couldn't get any worse, Kirk's brother Greg was plagued by a blackmailer, while

crooked car dealer Smokey Stevenson cooked up a sinister deal that threatened to destroy National Motors.

What I felt about Arthur Hailey "Wheels" Book | Interesting Parts of the book "Wheels"
I felt its a page-turning story set up against a realistic background. The novel is a mixture all spices, romance, mystery both written in a typically fictional way; even though I know that this is a fictional work, I found myself curious about the later part when the plot completely unfolds. This is my first book written by Arthur Hailey, and I enjoyed every page of it. The book is full of emotional and professional stresses which can be a part of anyones life. Typically the main character is something which is not that main i.e., though I felt that the leading character (Adam Trenton) is not the only one who is important ; every other character is linked to him in such a way that the story is entangled between a group of characters not just a single one. This is the first time I have read a plot written in that way, and to be surprised I am quite impressed with the way the author presented it. No doubt its aBestseller! The views of several international social issues are clearly stated by the author throughout the novel like apartheid among the workers in the factory, corruption among the dealers, influence of workers over the production output etc. no doubt these issues are well known to all of us but I felt presenting them in a novel way is somewhat a new method and I liked it. The only part which I felt unsatisfied is the way the author limited importance of few characters esp. Adam. I felt he shouldve given more insight into his character and nature. The reader understands that in the end, and realizes the world is full of compromises, not easy answers. If I am asked to rate the novel I can give it an 8/10