Disasters That Shook World Hb

I was at first skeptical about the man-made disaster story "Tom's Checkbook" but once I but aside my pre-conceived notions, it was a real page turner! When he first obtains his checkbook and has a positive balance - his giddy, infectious happiness that blinds him to the ominous fore-shadowing...gosh, just brilliant writing. Then his decline as checks start to be returned due to insufficient funds. His gradual gained knowledge that each returned check has a bank fee and a proprietal fee due the store to which it bounced. His tearful confessions to his backruptcy lawyer. While reading - one gets the eerie impression that both Tom and his checkbook simultaneously decline into the red. Stunning! This treatment of a "man-made" disaster is poignant and spellbinding! A must read!